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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Still, buyers and sellers are becoming more confident that the commercial real estate market is bottoming out. —

Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 2 Oct. 2024 My heart rate and blood pressure started to bottom out and still are. —

Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for bottom out