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.
Examples of bottom out in a Sentence
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Most of us will bottom out in the upper 30s to low 40s.
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A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
Tech layoffs have persisted this year, but there are signs that those cuts may be bottoming out, said Andrew Challenger of the outplacement services firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
But some analysts say the deflationary trend may have already bottomed out.
—Laura He, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
The Niners, meanwhile, had crashed and burned after Jim Harbaugh bolted from the Bay, bottoming out with a 2-14 dumpster fire in the fall of 2016.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024
Piracy and declining physical sales saw the market bottom out at $13 billion in 2014.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
Skies gradually turn clearer before dawn when temperatures bottom out near 40 to mid-40s.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Markets bottomed out and reversed, however, following the November 1, 2023, Federal Reserve meeting, as investors began to forecast earlier 2024 rate cuts.
—Sean Hanlon, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Scoring stayed above 100 points per game until the late ‘90s, then bottomed out in 1998-99 when the average was just 91.6.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024
A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
Tech layoffs have persisted this year, but there are signs that those cuts may be bottoming out, said Andrew Challenger of the outplacement services firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
—Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
But some analysts say the deflationary trend may have already bottomed out.
—Laura He, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
The Niners, meanwhile, had crashed and burned after Jim Harbaugh bolted from the Bay, bottoming out with a 2-14 dumpster fire in the fall of 2016.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024
Piracy and declining physical sales saw the market bottom out at $13 billion in 2014.
—Richard Smirke, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
Skies gradually turn clearer before dawn when temperatures bottom out near 40 to mid-40s.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Markets bottomed out and reversed, however, following the November 1, 2023, Federal Reserve meeting, as investors began to forecast earlier 2024 rate cuts.
—Sean Hanlon, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Scoring stayed above 100 points per game until the late ‘90s, then bottomed out in 1998-99 when the average was just 91.6.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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