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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Morning lows will bottom out at around 10°.
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Ron Smiley, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Overnight lows are likely to bottom out at around 26 degrees in the San Antonio metro area, likely falling into the low 20s across the Hill Country.
—Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2026
Under mostly clear skies, temperatures Saturday night in Houston will plummet, bottoming out around 24 degrees before dawn Sunday.
—Roberto Villalpando, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026
Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said that nighttime lows this weekend could bottom out around 10 degrees Fahrenheit from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
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Ron Smiley, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Overnight lows are likely to bottom out at around 26 degrees in the San Antonio metro area, likely falling into the low 20s across the Hill Country.
—Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2026
Under mostly clear skies, temperatures Saturday night in Houston will plummet, bottoming out around 24 degrees before dawn Sunday.
—Roberto Villalpando, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026
Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said that nighttime lows this weekend could bottom out around 10 degrees Fahrenheit from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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