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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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.
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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
The team bottomed out and on Monday, a day after the team finished the season with 92 losses, the Twins fired manager Rocco Baldelli.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
The Nasdaq peaked in March 2000, but didn’t fully bottom out until late 2002.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
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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
The team bottomed out and on Monday, a day after the team finished the season with 92 losses, the Twins fired manager Rocco Baldelli.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
The Nasdaq peaked in March 2000, but didn’t fully bottom out until late 2002.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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