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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That path included bottoming out the franchise to the point where the 2015-16 team won 10 games all season. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025 Not remaining bottomed out over the next season and a half and not attempting to play for lottery combinations would be organizational malpractice. —

Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025 After bottoming out at 1,901 butterflies in 2020, the population rebounded to 247,246 insects the following year, an increase of nearly 13,000%. —

CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025 The forecast called for wind speeds to reach 80 mph or higher and humidity levels to bottom out in the teens or even single digits. —

Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bottom out