hit bottom
idiom
: to reach the lowest point, state, or condition
After weeks of losing value, the company's stocks have hit bottom.
I hit bottom after my wife walked out and I turned to alcohol.
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The United States had just suffered its weakest decade of economic growth since World War II and had hit bottom in the financial crisis of 2008, which started with the meltdown of mortgage debts in the country and quickly spread worldwide.
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Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2020
What this means is that the Cage character has to hit bottom to purge himself, to come out the other side of his pain and his yuppie dream.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2024
The defense hit bottom on Christmas Eve as the Packers blew a 14-point, fourth-quarter lead before eking out a 33-30 victory over the Carolina Panthers, who didn't score a single point the rest of the season.
—Steve Megargee, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
The superficial parallels with the current cycle are apparent: grim announcements of expulsions, dire predictions of spillover into other areas of relations, uncertainty about how far things deteriorate before ties hit bottom.
—Daniel Fried, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2018
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Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2020
What this means is that the Cage character has to hit bottom to purge himself, to come out the other side of his pain and his yuppie dream.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2024
The defense hit bottom on Christmas Eve as the Packers blew a 14-point, fourth-quarter lead before eking out a 33-30 victory over the Carolina Panthers, who didn't score a single point the rest of the season.
—Steve Megargee, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
The superficial parallels with the current cycle are apparent: grim announcements of expulsions, dire predictions of spillover into other areas of relations, uncertainty about how far things deteriorate before ties hit bottom.
—Daniel Fried, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2018
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