be/get thin on top

be thin on top

To be balding. This phrase refers to thinning hair on the top of one's head. I should have known I would be thin on top by 30—none of the older men in my family have much hair.

See also: on, thin, top

get thin on top

To become bald. This phrase refers to thinning hair on the top of one's head. I should have known I would get thin on top by 30—none of the older men in my family have much hair.

See also: get, on, thin, top

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be/get thin on ˈtop

(informal) without much hair on the head; be/go bald: Max is only 30 but he’s already getting a bit thin on top.

See also: get, on, thin, top

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