bottom out
phrasal verb
bottomed out; bottoming out; bottoms out
: to reach a lowest or worst point usually before beginning to rise or improve
Real estate prices seem to have bottomed out, and sellers can expect to get higher prices in coming months.
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Dubois played his only season in Los Angeles largely on the bottom six —with an $8.5 million cap hit that had yet to take effect — and bottomed out.
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Sean Gentille, New York Times, 1 May 2025
There was nothing to burn at the Bahraini race track, and at night, the showers of bright sparks filled the air above the track as the pack of 20 cars, laden with fuel and running close to the ground, bottomed out at speed.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
Now that the Wizards have (likely) come up empty on the opportunity to draft a star this year, will Winger and Dawkins prioritize bottoming out once again for the upcoming season?
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Trump’s economic approval rating is still higher than Biden’s, which bottomed out around 35 percent in 2023.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 1 May 2025
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Sean Gentille, New York Times, 1 May 2025
There was nothing to burn at the Bahraini race track, and at night, the showers of bright sparks filled the air above the track as the pack of 20 cars, laden with fuel and running close to the ground, bottomed out at speed.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025
Now that the Wizards have (likely) come up empty on the opportunity to draft a star this year, will Winger and Dawkins prioritize bottoming out once again for the upcoming season?
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Trump’s economic approval rating is still higher than Biden’s, which bottomed out around 35 percent in 2023.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 1 May 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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