bottom out

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The result is a kind of Ponzi scheme that bottoms out in nothing. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Southeast winds of 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon will lead to partly cloudy skies at night, with evening temps bottoming out around 76 before sunrise Tuesday. — Roberto Villalpando, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026

Fire Victim Trust administrators sold those stock shares off in chunks as the utility’s share price made a slow climb out of a bankruptcy bottoming out, leaving the survivors waiting years for payments. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026

But after a prolonged downturn, there are signs things are bottoming out. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for bottom out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout