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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Additionally, if the Suns start to bottom out in a few years, this pick could become highly sought after on the trade market right around the time the Jazz expect to be competing and turning things around.
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Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
The result has been weak consumer spending that is only now starting to bottom out.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The weather service said that wind chills are expected to bottom out between -10 and -20 degrees below 0 each morning and reach the single digits in the afternoon.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
In areas south of Denver, including Parker and Castle Rock, weekend temperature lows are expected to bottom out closer to minus 15, according to NWS forecasters.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
The result has been weak consumer spending that is only now starting to bottom out.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The weather service said that wind chills are expected to bottom out between -10 and -20 degrees below 0 each morning and reach the single digits in the afternoon.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
In areas south of Denver, including Parker and Castle Rock, weekend temperature lows are expected to bottom out closer to minus 15, according to NWS forecasters.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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