at the top of the tree

English

Prepositional phrase

at the top of the tree

1. (informal, figuratively) At the highest level.
   • 2016 April 3, “Apple’s at the top of the tree, but the winds of change can blow it down”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Apple’s at the top of the tree, but the winds of change can blow it down [title]

References

• “at the top of the tree”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “at the top of the tree”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “at the top of the tree” (US) / “at the top of the tree” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “top of the tree”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.