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.

Examples of bottom out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But since bottoming out in mid-September, shares are up more than 19%. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

The Bears went without first-round picks in 2019, 2020 and 2022, and by the 2022 season the team had bottomed out at 3-14. — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

The team fashioned the bottoms out of scuba material that would allow Skarsgård to submerge in the water. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

Under a crystal clear sky, low temperatures will bottom out in the lower to middle 30s along with light winds. — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for bottom out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout