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 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.
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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
While there is some debate about the trajectory of prices—did the market hit bottom in the fall or is there still a ways to go?—there seems to be consensus on a handful of key points about the high-end watch business in 2024.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2024
After their February call that U.S. home prices had hit bottom, Zillow economists had been raising their home price forecast each month through August.
—Steve Mollman, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023
But the end result, also serving as Pine’s directorial debut, goes tonally off the rails from the start and proceeds to hit bottom with excruciating momentum, dragging a game ensemble, including Annette Bening, Danny DeVito and Jennifer Jason Leigh, down for the count.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
But both sectors seem to have hit bottom, Bhave says.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
But Ruth Handler hit bottom in the 1970s, first losing a breast to cancer and then losing Mattel in a corporate shakeup.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
According to firms like Zillow and CoreLogic, national house prices have already hit bottom and are projected to continue rising over the next 12 months.
—Lance Lambert, Fortune, 16 July 2023
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
While there is some debate about the trajectory of prices—did the market hit bottom in the fall or is there still a ways to go?—there seems to be consensus on a handful of key points about the high-end watch business in 2024.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2024
After their February call that U.S. home prices had hit bottom, Zillow economists had been raising their home price forecast each month through August.
—Steve Mollman, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023
But the end result, also serving as Pine’s directorial debut, goes tonally off the rails from the start and proceeds to hit bottom with excruciating momentum, dragging a game ensemble, including Annette Bening, Danny DeVito and Jennifer Jason Leigh, down for the count.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
But both sectors seem to have hit bottom, Bhave says.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
But Ruth Handler hit bottom in the 1970s, first losing a breast to cancer and then losing Mattel in a corporate shakeup.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
According to firms like Zillow and CoreLogic, national house prices have already hit bottom and are projected to continue rising over the next 12 months.
—Lance Lambert, Fortune, 16 July 2023
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