bottom out

bottom out
verb
1. reach the low point
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Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while

• Ant: ↑top out
• Hypernyms: ↑reach, ↑make, ↑attain, ↑hit, ↑arrive at, ↑gain
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

2. hit the ground
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the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road

• Hypernyms: ↑hit, ↑strike, ↑impinge on, ↑run into, ↑collide with
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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bottom out (US base out)
Of prices, etc, to reach and settle at the lowest level, esp just before a rise
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Main Entry: ↑bottom

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ˌbottom ˈout [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bottom out he/she/it bottoms out present participle bottoming out past tense bottomed out past participle bottomed out] phrasal verb
if something such as an economy or price bottoms out, it reaches its lowest level before starting to improve again

Property prices are still falling, and show no signs of bottoming out.

Thesaurus: setting, controlling and changing prices and costshyponym prices and costssynonym
Main entry: bottom

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bottom out [phrasal verb]
: 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.

The team bottomed out in last place.

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Main Entry: ↑bottom

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ˌbottom ˈout derived
(of prices, a bad situation, etc.) to stop getting worse

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The recession is finally beginning to show signs of bottoming out.

Main entry: ↑bottomderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • bottom out — {v. phr.} To reach the lowest point (said chiefly of economic cycles). * /According to the leading economic indicators the recession will bottom out within the next two months./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bottom out — {v. phr.} To reach the lowest point (said chiefly of economic cycles). * /According to the leading economic indicators the recession will bottom out within the next two months./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bottom out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms bottom out : present tense I/you/we/they bottom out he/she/it bottoms out present participle bottoming out past tense bottomed out past participle bottomed out if something such as an economy or price… …   English dictionary

  • bottom out — UK US bottom out Phrasal Verb with bottom({{}}/ˈbɒtəm/ verb ► to reach the lowest point in a continuously changing level that is about to start rising or increasing again: »He believes the economic slump has bottomed out, and the economy will… …   Financial and business terms

  • bottom out — PHRASAL VERB If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount. [JOURNALISM] [V P] He expects the recession to bottom out... [V P] House prices have bottomed out.… …   English dictionary

  • bottom out — go down to the bottom, arrive at the low point    The recession will bottom out by the end of the year …   English idioms

  • bottom out — 1. to reach a level that is as low as it will be. Temperatures will bottom out in the teens tonight and reach the mid 20s by noon tomorrow. 2. to become as bad as it will be. Has the economy bottomed out, and how fast will it recover? …   New idioms dictionary

  • bottom out — phr verb Bottom out is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑market, ↑recession …   Collocations dictionary

  • bottom\ out — v. phr. To reach the lowest point (said chiefly of economic cycles). According to the leading economic indicators the recession will bottom out within the next two months …   Словарь американских идиом

  • bottom out (to) —  Reach lowest point or price.  ► “The RN Office Market Index was slow to register price declines when the markets first weakened and then overstated the rate of decline once the market began to bottom out.” (Real Estate Economics, Summer 1995, p …   American business jargon

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