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top flight

American  

noun

  1. the highest or most outstanding level, as in achievement or development.

    students in the top flight of their class.
top-flight British  

adjective

  1. of superior or excellent quality; outstanding

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • top-flight adjective
  • top-flighter noun
  • topflight adjective
  • topflighter noun

Example Sentences

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Since 1950, they have only spent one season outside the top flight - back in 1977-78.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The 12-team top flight divides into two sections of six after this coming weekend's 33rd set of fixtures, with Rangers the other side involved in a three-team race for the title.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The answer to that would be a resounding yes, but would it remain so if the cost of silverware was relegation from the top flight?

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

However, the woeful defeat by Forest heightened Spurs' fears of suffering their first relegation from the top flight since 1977 and proved to be the final game of his brief spell.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Noisily shuffling his down-trodden goloshes and slowly swinging his heavy, clumsy figure, the man at last reached the very top flight and stopped before a half-open door hanging off its hinges.

From Virgin Soil by Townsend, R. S.

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