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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Temperatures will begin to fall late Sunday, Nov 9, and should bottom out before dawn on Tuesday, the National Weather Service says.
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Mark Price
november 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
From Tuesday night into Wednesday, temperatures are forecast to drop even lower, bottoming out at 22 degrees, according to forecasters.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
McSorley, fatigued and with his radars on the blink, may have unwittingly bottomed out the boat on a shoal, damaging the plating underneath.
—Kevin Duchschere, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
His Jeep had bottomed out and couldn’t be driven.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
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Mark Price
november 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
From Tuesday night into Wednesday, temperatures are forecast to drop even lower, bottoming out at 22 degrees, according to forecasters.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
McSorley, fatigued and with his radars on the blink, may have unwittingly bottomed out the boat on a shoal, damaging the plating underneath.
—Kevin Duchschere, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
His Jeep had bottomed out and couldn’t be driven.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bottom out
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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