be topped by something

The population is expected to top 1 million by 2011.

Some day he would top his father by a head.

He must have topped me by a head, and I am not short.

Cover with enough water to top them by 1 inch.

Jackson said his group was prepared to top any offer by $25 million.

Expectation is that the population will top 14,000 by 2015.

But they only topped our present position by a few hundred feet.

This one topped the girl from the park by a couple of decades and had a lot less hair.

Though she was a tall woman, he topped her by half a head.

The worldwide market for such devices is expected to top $10 billion by 2010.