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at the top of someone's list

highest priority or first choice

If something is at the top of your list, it is the thing you most want to do, have, or consider.

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Which city would you most like to visit?

Kyoto is at the top of my list.

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Seeing the northern lights is at the top of my list for next year.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: Japan is on the top of my list.

Say: Japan is at the top of my list.

Use “at the top of the list,” not “on the top of the list,” for a priority or first choice.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be at the top of my list; be at the top of someone's list of places to visit

Your turn: say it out loud

Seeing the northern lights is at the top of my list for next year.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

at the top of someone's list

highest priority or first choice

“Seeing the northern lights is at the top of my list for next year.”

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