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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But before this, Eververse controversies were not usually 1) a set of armor very clearly being taken from a free activity and made paid and 2) the game being in one of its worst states of all time with player sentiment bottomed out.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Alas, despite its intriguing and well-mounted first act, things bottom out and fast.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Wrecked on the first lap of the race, car bottomed out really bad.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Kerr kicks his habit early in the film—there’s no real spiraling decline, no horrific bottoming out.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Alas, despite its intriguing and well-mounted first act, things bottom out and fast.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Wrecked on the first lap of the race, car bottomed out really bad.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Kerr kicks his habit early in the film—there’s no real spiraling decline, no horrific bottoming out.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bottom out
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“Bottom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20out. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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