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BOTTOM OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
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:
Something ----s
Sense 2
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:
Something ----s
Antonym:
top out (to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity)
