bottoms out

Hits rock floor

To bottom out is to reach the lowest point before stabilizing or recovering.

Markets bottom out during recessions, moods bottom out before improving: The housing market finally bottomed out in March.

Physically, a vehicle bottoms out when its underside scrapes the ground, usually from hitting a dip or pothole too fast.

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dark night of the soul · burnout · load capacity · recovery · turning point · bear market · stock prices · housing market · dead cat bounce · compression · shock absorption · downturn · economic cycle · resilience · emotional stability · grounding · deflation · healing process

Opposites
vertical trajectory direction

bottoms outpeaks

Highest points attained

tops out · crests · maxes out · summits · climaxes

resource/capacity state

bottoms outmaxes out

Reaches upper boundary

fills up · overflows · tops off · saturates

trend reversal phase

bottoms outpeaking

Reaching highest point

topping out · cresting · maxing out · bubbling up · overheating

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