BOTTOM OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Hit the ground

Example:

the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bottom out" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Sentence frame:

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Meaning:

Reach the low point

Example:

Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bottom out" is one way to...):

arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)

Sentence frame:

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Antonym:

top out (to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity)