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.

Examples of bottom out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Temperatures will bottom out in the lower teens Friday and Saturday nights in Little Rock, said Hood. —Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026

Tonight, temperatures fall quickly after sunset, bottoming out around 27 degrees. —Doris Alvarez Cea, Florida Times-Union, 27 Jan. 2026

Overnight temperatures into Wednesday are expected to drop below freezing and bottom out in the low 20s with southward winds around 5 mph, forecasters say. —Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026

At the same time, CET’s discount to NAV has been unusually generous, although that discount has been fading (in its usual up-and-down fashion) since bottoming out at over 20% about two years ago. —Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for bottom out

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