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at a low ebb



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Idioms and Phrases

At a low point, in a state of decline or depression. For example, The current recession has put our business at a low ebb . This idiom transfers the low point of a tide to a decline in human affairs. [Mid-1600s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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