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.
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Now it's bottomed out at about $300, and many growers have given up and dropped out of the market.
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John Ramos, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Costs typically bottom out in March or April each year, then rise throughout the summer and eventually peak in the early fall.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
And, of course, there were no playoffs in what was a year of bottoming out for the franchise.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
My world just kind of bottomed out from under me.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2026
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John Ramos, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Costs typically bottom out in March or April each year, then rise throughout the summer and eventually peak in the early fall.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
And, of course, there were no playoffs in what was a year of bottoming out for the franchise.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
My world just kind of bottomed out from under me.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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