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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Stocks have always recovered after bottoming out during recessions, Fitzgerald said.
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
There will be a 70% chance of rain after midnight, with temperatures bottoming out in the low 40s.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
Arctic sea ice bottoms out at the end of summer in September.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The decline of Christianity in the U.S. has slowed over the past few years and now appears to have bottomed out, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center released this week.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
There will be a 70% chance of rain after midnight, with temperatures bottoming out in the low 40s.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
Arctic sea ice bottoms out at the end of summer in September.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The decline of Christianity in the U.S. has slowed over the past few years and now appears to have bottomed out, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center released this week.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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