Bottom-out Phrasal Verb - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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Definition of bottom out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bottom out phrasal verb jump to other results bottom out

1. (of prices, a bad situation, etc.) to stop getting worse
   • The recession is finally beginning to show signs of bottoming out.
   Topics Moneyc2

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See bottom out in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Other results

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• the bottom drops/falls out (of something)

Idioms

• the bottom drops/falls out (of something)

Nearby words

• bottomless adjective
• bottom line noun
• bottom out phrasal verb
• bottom-up adjective
• botulin noun

ailment noun From the Topic Health problems C1 Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day