be/lie at the bottom of

idiom

chiefly British

: to be the source or originator of (something)

I think I know who's at the bottom of these pranks.

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And this will inevitably be at the bottom of the price scale. —

Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024 Overall, Democrats and independents agreed Trump should be at the bottom of the rankings while Republicans thought four presidents were worse. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2024 Do so at the time of gift-giving, not months later, when the jar may well be at the bottom of a landfill. —

Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024 Pittsburgh may be at the bottom of the division again but won’t be an impotent pushover even though its payroll of $89.7 million is the league’s lowest, using calculations by Cot’s. —

Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for be/lie at the bottom of

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