BOTTOM OUT Definition & Meaning

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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.

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"I don't think China's consumption will fully recover until it's clear that the property sector has bottomed out and therefore many households' primary assets are starting to recover."

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The property market slump is expected to bottom out this year, but Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs says the downturn will be a "multi-year drag" on China's economic growth.

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On the same day the Bruins fell out of the Associated Press rankings, they might have bottomed out Monday with a 75-68 loss to Rutgers at Jersey Mike’s Arena.

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The problem is, as I mentioned earlier, relatively ending well has often emerged after a period of really bottoming out.

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"What's less clear is what London is really interested in - and what trade-offs it's willing to make to get there. That's key and that appears not to have been bottomed out in London yet."

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