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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Wrecked on the first lap of the race, car bottomed out really bad.
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Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Is this the year the Penguins bottom out and get themselves into the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes?
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
The stock is up more than sixfold since bottoming out at 51 cents in June, a price that put the company at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
Over the course of his career, Sheen struggled publicly with addiction and legal issues, notoriously bottoming out during his run on Two and a Half Men so badly that he was fired from the show.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
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Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Is this the year the Penguins bottom out and get themselves into the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes?
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
The stock is up more than sixfold since bottoming out at 51 cents in June, a price that put the company at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
Over the course of his career, Sheen struggled publicly with addiction and legal issues, notoriously bottoming out during his run on Two and a Half Men so badly that he was fired from the show.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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