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idiomon top of sth1 in addition to other problems, so that a situation becomes even worse:The company plans to cut 20,000 jobs next year, this comes on top of the 65,000 it has lost since 1986.It was the lack of privacy on top of everything else that made me decide to leave the army.2 if you are on top of a problem, you are dealing with it and think you will soon be able to solve it:"Have you managed to find someone to fix the air conditioning?" "Yeah, I'm on top of that."The health service will never be able to get on top of the hospital waiting lists, because they keep introducing new operations, and anyway, people are living longer.
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