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top notch

idiom
Meaning

Very good; of the highest level or quality.


Examples
SIMPLE

The service at this new restaurant is top notch.

CONTEXTUAL

She worked hard on her presentation, and the results were truly top notch.

COMPLEX

The architect insisted on using top notch materials to ensure the building would last for many generations.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a notch above

    superior to; of a higher quality than

  2. 02

    cherry on top

    Synonym of icing on the cake (“a thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) the regretting of something already bad”).

  3. 03

    notch on one's bedpost

    A sexual conquest; a casual sexual partner.

  4. 04

    on top

    In a dominant position.

  5. 05

    over the top

    Beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous.

  6. 06

    put the bottom rail on top

    To reverse a hierarchy.

  7. 07

    take down a notch

    To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.

  8. 08

    top banana

    The boss, the leader.

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