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.

Examples of bottom out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web By the numbers: The Indy metro area's unemployment rate fell from a recent high of 4.5% in the aftermath of the pandemic at the start of 2021 until bottoming out at 2.7% at the beginning of 2022. —

Courtenay Brown, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024 If anything, with shares ahead of the print down nearly 10% from their all-time highs set earlier this month, the reaction to Microsoft’s results may serve as a clearing event that can help the stock bottom out before rebounding into the end of the year. —

Zev Fima, CNBC, 31 July 2024 Overnight, skies should clear as temperatures bottom out in the upper 50s to mid-60s. —

A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 1 July 2024 Temperatures bottom out within a few degrees of 70. —

A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for bottom out

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