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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His Jeep had bottomed out and couldn’t be driven.
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Susan Young, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Police said Milne’s vehicle had bottomed out on the terrain and was not drivable.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Mitch bottomed out with a minimum central pressure of 905 millibars … the fourth-lowest pressure ever recorded for a hurricane in the Atlantic basin this century.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Things bottomed out during the 2022-23 season, when the Gulls went 20-49-2-1, finishing last in the AHL’s 10-team Pacific Division.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
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Susan Young, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Police said Milne’s vehicle had bottomed out on the terrain and was not drivable.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Mitch bottomed out with a minimum central pressure of 905 millibars … the fourth-lowest pressure ever recorded for a hurricane in the Atlantic basin this century.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Things bottomed out during the 2022-23 season, when the Gulls went 20-49-2-1, finishing last in the AHL’s 10-team Pacific Division.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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