bottom out

Verb

Meaning

hit the ground

reach the low point

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Alternative names

bottom-out

Synonyms

descend stabilize level off come to rest level out achieve a trough bottom off descend into darkness level off at a low point reach the lowest level stop decreasing stop getting worse reach a lowest point reach a rock bottom attain a low point

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Antonyms

slip decline slide sink weaken degenerate

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Hypernyms

make hit reach gain strike attain

Examples

The Seal, she lounges like a bride,Much too docile, there's no doubt;Madame Récamier, on side,(if such she has), and bottom out. Djuna Barnes

I've done a prideful thing, a thing more sinful than she ever done to me. I took the bottom out of her life. Ray Bradbury

I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in. Don Bluth

the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road Source: Internet

Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while Source: Internet

But this predicate is undefined for any sentences that do not, so to speak, "bottom out" in simpler sentences not containing a truth predicate. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bottom oil bottom on bottom order bottom out at a minimum bottom pair bottom panel