bottomed out
Reached lowest point
Bottomed out describes reaching the lowest point before stabilizing or recovering.
Markets bottom out during crashes, addicts bottom out before seeking help, prices bottom out before rising again.
The phrase implies that decline has finally stopped: The economy bottomed out in March and slowly began to recover.
It suggests a turning point—things can only go up from here.
- oversoldExaggerated in marketing
- bear marketProlonged securities decline
- market crashSudden market decline
- economic downturnDecline in financial activity
- collapseSudden structural failure
recession · trough · flattening · despair · stabilization · nadir · resilience · hopelessness · deflation · recovery · on the mend · stagnation · breakdown · liquidation · bankruptcy · depression · burnout · low point
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- depleteddepleted, exhausted, drained, spent, empty
- exhaustion phrasesdead tired, worn out, wiped out, burned out, run down
bottomed outpeaked
Reached the summit
topped out · crested · maxed out · climaxed · hit the ceiling
bottom, bottomed, bottoming, bottoms, bottomless, outing, outward, outwardly, outermost