to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school

Hemigynous Specimen of Acronycta leporina.

Miss Snevellicci's papa looked very big indeed—several sizes larger than life.

Foster had been left unsighted by Scott Dann's positioning at his post, but the goalkeeper was about to prove his worth to Birmingham by keeping them in the game with a series of stunning saves as West Ham produced waves after wave of attack in their bid to find a crucial second goal.