over the top

mainly UK informal

Definition

› too extreme and not suitable: I thought her performance was way over the top.

(Definition of over the top from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Our dictionaries

Browse the Thesaurus

“over the top” in other dictionaries

British English

Browse the Dictionary

Word of the Day

hold water

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

Word of the Day ►

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.