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Also, the bottom falls out . A collapse occurs, as in The bottom dropped out of the steel market , or When they lost the game, the bottom fell out of their hopes to make the playoffs . This term alludes to collapsing deeper than the very lowest point, or bottom. [First half of 1600s]Advertisement
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