come out on top

Fig. to end up being the winner. I knew that if I kept trying, I would come out on top. Harry came out on top as I knew he would.

in. to end up to the better; to win. Tim always has to come out on top—a classic poor loser.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Boyd	BOID (English)	Scottish, English
Ealdwine	-	Anglo-Saxon
Daniel	DAN-yəl (English), dah-nee-EL (Jewish), dan-YEL (French), DAH-nee-el (German), DAHN-yel (Polish)	English, Hebrew, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Portugu
Gwenith	-	Welsh
BartolomÉ	bahr-to-lo-ME	Spanish
Nicolao	-	Spanish