touch bottom
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Reach the lowest point, as in During the recession the economists kept saying that we hadn't touched bottom yet. This metaphor for reaching the ground under a body of water has been used since the mid-1800s.
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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…
Words nearby touch bottom
touch, touch and go, touchback, touch base, touch base with, touch bottom, touchdown, touché, touched, touched in the head, touch football
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