bottom out

/ˌbɑdəm aʊt/
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Other forms: bottomed out; bottoming out; bottoms out

Definitions of bottom out
  1. verb
    hit the ground
    “the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road”
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    type of:
    collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
    hit against; come into sudden contact with
  2. verb
    reach the low point
    “Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while”
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    antonyms:
    top out
    to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
    type of:
    arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach
    reach a destination, either real or abstract
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