hit bottom

idiom

: to reach the lowest point, state, or condition
After weeks of losing value, the company's stocks have hit bottom.
I hit bottom after my wife walked out and I turned to alcohol.

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Going back to 1929, the average bear market has taken an average of nearly 19 months to hit bottom and caused a loss of 38.5% for the S&P 500, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. arkansasonline.com, 12 Oct. 2024 Before December’s drop, the Credit Card Confidence Index had last hit bottom in June 2022, the month when the annual inflation rate hit a 40-year high of 9.1%. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024 Looking only at corrections since 1946 that managed to right themselves before turning into a bear market, the S&P 500 has taken an average of 133 days to hit bottom and lost an average of nearly 14% along the way, according to CFRA. arkansasonline.com, 12 Oct. 2024 An uptick in office lease signings has led some to hope the office rental market has hit bottom, but others, like landlord and developer Garrett Lee, believe there’s a more reliable path forward than trying to convince tenants to return: converting offices into apartments. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hit bottom

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“Hit bottom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20bottom. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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