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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In 2023-24, the Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 in Game 12 for their first win of the season on Nov. 7 — after bottoming out with 10-1 and 10-2 home losses to the Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins in Games 10 and 11. —

Carol Schram, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 In all likelihood Trump would manage to sell only a portion of his shares before the rest became effectively worthless with the stock bottoming out. —

Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024 The gel memory foam adds gentle contouring for sensitive joints, while the coils jump in with support to help prevent bottoming out (when your body sinks through the mattress to the bottom). —

Ashley Zlatopolsky, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024 Shares of Nvidia, the leading designer of AI chips, soared 1,072% since the S & P 500 bottomed out on Oct. 12, 2022. —

Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bottom out