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Meaning of top one's boom | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To depart quickly.

Examples

“Her husband had topped his boom, and so had his Lordship.”
“With my usual luck I found that the castle would not be open until three o'clock, as it was now noon I did not care to wait all that time, so "topping my boom" we went on to Tonbridge Wells by a hilly road.”
“So, buoyant with the hope of being able to make up for my increased expenditure by happy speculations in the share market, I at once topped my boom, and without a single misgiving for the future got quickly under way.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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