bottom out

British  

verb

1. (intr, adverb) to reach the lowest point and level out

   the recession shows no sign of bottoming out

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bottom out Idioms  

1. Reach the lowest level, as in The recession appears to have bottomed out. This verbal use of bottom originated in the late 1800s and, with the addition of out in the mid-1900s, tends to be used mostly in the context of trade and finance.

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Example Sentences

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bottom out

Morgan Stanley is warning of another 10% to 15% decline before things bottom out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Fixating on my fishing rod, I had allowed the idling machine to bottom out in the shell spoil, some of which got sucked into the intake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Companies are buying their buildings instead of renting them as office values bottom out around Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Zener now believes that rate likely won’t bottom out until it gets close to past recessions’ median rate of 783,000.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026

Cool clear water, lake water, cool and dark at the bottom, out of the light.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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