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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Temperatures overnight will bottom out around freezing.
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2025
Fatalities had bottomed out in 2010 with 317 total deaths, but 472 people died in the region a decade later — equal to 1.3 traffic deaths per day.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
Schoen literally bottomed out the team and the roster.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
The Steelers might bottom out and could take a swing at a 2026 QB class that features the big prize in Arch Manning and several other promising passers.
—Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2025
Fatalities had bottomed out in 2010 with 317 total deaths, but 472 people died in the region a decade later — equal to 1.3 traffic deaths per day.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
Schoen literally bottomed out the team and the roster.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
The Steelers might bottom out and could take a swing at a 2026 QB class that features the big prize in Arch Manning and several other promising passers.
—Mike Defabo, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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