be/lie at the bottom of
idiom
chiefly British
: to be the source or originator of (something)
I think I know who's at the bottom of these pranks.
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Overall, Democrats and independents agreed Trump should be at the bottom of the rankings while Republicans thought four presidents were worse.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2024
Do so at the time of gift-giving, not months later, when the jar may well be at the bottom of a landfill.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Pittsburgh may be at the bottom of the division again but won’t be an impotent pushover even though its payroll of $89.7 million is the league’s lowest, using calculations by Cot’s.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The company might be at the bottom of the smartphone charts, but Pixel phone sales are up 59 percent, earning Google 4 percent of the market.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2024
Do so at the time of gift-giving, not months later, when the jar may well be at the bottom of a landfill.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Pittsburgh may be at the bottom of the division again but won’t be an impotent pushover even though its payroll of $89.7 million is the league’s lowest, using calculations by Cot’s.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The company might be at the bottom of the smartphone charts, but Pixel phone sales are up 59 percent, earning Google 4 percent of the market.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023
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