OVERTHETOP

Over the Top

Over the Top is a 1987 action drama film starring Sylvester Stallone. It was produced and directed by Menahem Golan, and its screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant and Stallone. The original music score was composed by Giorgio Moroder. The main character, played by Stallone, is a long-haul truck driver who tries to win back his alienated son while becoming a champion arm wrestler.

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over the top

Adjective

  1. Bold; beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; outrageous.
    He has always had an independent style, but don't you think purple spiky hair is a bit over the top?

Adverb

  1. Over the parapet of a trench, especially at the start of a futile attack.
    The men were sent over the top to their certain death.


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