english
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bottom out
to have reached the lowest point in a continuously changing situation and to be about to improve
• The government claims that the recession is bottoming out.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun lowest part of sth ADJ. false a case with a false bottom VERB + BOTTOM arrive at, fall to, get to, reach, sink to He reached the bottom of the steps in no time. The boat sank to the bottom of the sea. | touch She could only just touch the bottom (= of a swimming pool, etc.). BOTTOM + NOUN end, half PREP. along the ~ We rode along the bottom of the valley. | at the ~ at the bottom of the hill | from the ~ strange sounds from the bottom of the well | in the ~ in the bottom of my bag | on the ~ on the bottom of the box | near/towards the ~ near the bottom of the page least important position VERB + BOTTOM start at, work up from He started at the bottom and worked his way up through the company. PREP. at the ~, near/towards the ~ He's near the bottom of the class. part of the body ADJ. bare VERB + BOTTOM smack basic cause of sth/truth about sth VERB + BOTTOM be at, lie at I'd love to know what lies at the bottom of all this. | get to The only way to get to the bottom of it is to confront the chairman.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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bottom
nouns
the bottom drawer/shelf
• My passport’s in the bottom drawer of my desk.
the bottom step
• Jenna sat on the bottom step.
the bottom corner
• Look at the bottom left-hand corner of your screen.
the bottom row
• That’s me in the middle of the bottom row of the photograph.
the bottom half
• There’s were only two windows in the bottom half of the building.
the bottom rung
(= of a ladder )
• I put my foot on the bottom rung and started to climb.
sb’s bottom lip
• Her bottom lip trembled and she started to cry.
transnet.ir
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In addition to the idioms beginning with BOTTOM, Also see AT BOTTOM; FROM HEAD TO TOE (TOP TO BOTTOM); FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE'S HEART; GET TO THE BOTTOM; HIT (TOUCH) BOTTOM; KNOCK THE BOTTOM OUT OF; ROCK BOTTOM; TOUCH BOTTOM; YOU BET YOUR ASS (BOTTOM DOLLAR).
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): *(rock) bottom
the lowest point or level. (*Typically: be at ~; hit ~; reach ~.) • The value of the goods is at rock bottom right now. • Prices have reached rock bottom. • When my life hit bottom, I gradually began to feel much better.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs