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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That rhetoric misses the fact that the Dow bottomed out that year before recovering through the rest of the decade, Cramer said.
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Russell Leung, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
Making residences out of struggling office buildings is considered environmentally desirable and can be far cheaper than building new apartments or condos from the ground up, but most landlords are hoping the office rental market is bottoming out and may begin to recover this year.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The average number of votes bounced up to 7.11 in 2022 when David Ortiz was elected on the first ballot (voters overlooked steroid concerns here), and bottomed out at 5.86 in 2023 when Rolen finally got in.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The masked man opens the door at nearly 10 a.m., and when Hood sees Littlejohn strapped to the gurney, his stomach bottoms out.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
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Russell Leung, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
Making residences out of struggling office buildings is considered environmentally desirable and can be far cheaper than building new apartments or condos from the ground up, but most landlords are hoping the office rental market is bottoming out and may begin to recover this year.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The average number of votes bounced up to 7.11 in 2022 when David Ortiz was elected on the first ballot (voters overlooked steroid concerns here), and bottomed out at 5.86 in 2023 when Rolen finally got in.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The masked man opens the door at nearly 10 a.m., and when Hood sees Littlejohn strapped to the gurney, his stomach bottoms out.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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