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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…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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But the poles were too short now to touch bottom, and there were no ice cakes about to offer the necessary resistance.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Miss Athene's leavin' home has made it pretty steep, but this'll touch bottom—this will.
A Family Man (From the Fifth Series Plays)|John Galsworthy
The boat went down into such deep water that the setting poles did not touch bottom.
The Mormon Battalion|B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts
"But I'm just going to touch bottom," the tall digger expostulated.
Denis Dent|Ernest W. Hornung

He could not touch bottom there, or even at the base of the Causeway.
Quick Action|Robert W. Chambers

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