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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With the second-highest Street price target of $115, the analysts see a best-case scenario in which Chinese sales declines bottom out, and begin to inflect positively.
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Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
After making the postseason in 2023 and 2024, the Orioles bottomed out in 2025.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Not enough to get to Florida, but enough to not bottom out in New York.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 9 Dec. 2025
The coldest conditions arrive Thursday and Friday mornings with wind chill values bottoming out near or below zero.
—Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
After making the postseason in 2023 and 2024, the Orioles bottomed out in 2025.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Not enough to get to Florida, but enough to not bottom out in New York.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 9 Dec. 2025
The coldest conditions arrive Thursday and Friday mornings with wind chill values bottoming out near or below zero.
—Brandi D. Addison, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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