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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The other year was 2009, when sales bottomed out in November amid the Great Recession.
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Data Reporter, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
As temperatures bottom out and ice fringes the shore, a certain peace takes over.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Somehow, in one year, Vrabel made winning feel normal again after the franchise bottomed out and grew accustomed to losing.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The defense has bottomed out; the legs are heavier.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
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Data Reporter, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
As temperatures bottom out and ice fringes the shore, a certain peace takes over.
—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Somehow, in one year, Vrabel made winning feel normal again after the franchise bottomed out and grew accustomed to losing.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The defense has bottomed out; the legs are heavier.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bottom out
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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