bottom out
Reach lowest point
Bottom out means to reach the lowest point before stabilizing or recovering.
Economic indicators bottom out during recessions: The housing market finally bottomed out in 2012.
A car bottoms out when its underside scrapes the ground, usually from hitting a dip or speed bump.
The phrase implies that after bottoming out, the only direction is up.
Open container for animal feed
- floorIndoor walking surface
- minimumSmallest possible quantity
- depthsLowest or innermost regions
- baseSupporting bottom structure
pit · ebb · depression · slump · downturn · decline · crash · collapse
Return after deflection
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- upturnImprovement in conditions
- rallyGathering for a cause
- comebackRecovery after decline
stabilize · bounce-back · resurgence · revival · improve · recover · plateau · reverse
trough
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base · pit · ebb · depression · slump · downturn · decline · crash · collapse · plunge
rebound
Return after deflection
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- upturnImprovement in conditions
- rallyGathering for a cause
comeback · stabilize · bounce-back · resurgence · revival · improve · recover · plateau · reverse · climb
- failingfail, fails, collapse, flop, bomb
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- typing soundsclick, clack, tap, tapping, clicking
- keyswitchesstem, spring, actuation, rubber dome, hot-swap
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- declinesdrop, decline, downtrend, downturn, downfall
bottom, out, bottoms, bottomless, bottomed, bottommost, bottoming, rock-bottom, bottomlessness