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View synonyms for bottom out
bottom out
verb
- intr, adverb to reach the lowest point and level out
the recession shows no sign of bottoming out
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Idioms and Phrases
Reach the lowest level, as in The recession appears to have bottomed out . This verbal use of bottom originated in the late 1800s and, with the addition of out in the mid-1900s, tends to be used mostly in the context of trade and finance.Advertisement
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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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