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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Then Green Bay bottomed out with Anders Carlson in 2023 and Brayden Narveson for six games in 2024.
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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Temperatures will bottom out in the upper 60s before rebounding to around 90 degrees by the afternoon.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 July 2025
That pairing, along with reserve guard Miles McBride and a collection of picks, gives the Bucks a viable path forward without completely bottoming out.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
But the coin, known as $TRUMP, suffered a precipitous drop in the ensuing weeks, bottoming out in April at around $7.
—Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 22 May 2025
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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Temperatures will bottom out in the upper 60s before rebounding to around 90 degrees by the afternoon.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 July 2025
That pairing, along with reserve guard Miles McBride and a collection of picks, gives the Bucks a viable path forward without completely bottoming out.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
But the coin, known as $TRUMP, suffered a precipitous drop in the ensuing weeks, bottoming out in April at around $7.
—Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 22 May 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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