bottom out

bot·tom  (btm)

n.

1. The deepest or lowest part: the bottom of a well; the bottom of the page.

2. The part closest to a reference point: was positioned at the bottom of the key for a rebound.

3. The underside: scraped the bottom of the car on a rock.

4. The supporting part; the base.

5. The far end or part: at the bottom of the bed.

6.

a. The last place, as on a list.

b. The lowest or least favorable position: started at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy.

7. The basic underlying quality; the source: Let's get to the bottom of the problem.

8. The solid surface under a body of water.

9. Low-lying alluvial land adjacent to a river. Often used in the plural. Also called bottomland.

10.

a. Nautical The part of a ship's hull below the water line.

b. A ship; a boat: "English merchants did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" (G.M. Trevelyan).

11. The trousers or short pants of pajamas. Often used in the plural.

12. Informal The buttocks.

13. The seat of a chair.

14. Baseball The second or last half of an inning.

15. Staying power; stamina. Used of a horse.

v. bot·tomed, bot·tom·ing, bot·toms

v.tr.

1. To provide with an underside.

2. To provide with a foundation.

3. To get to the bottom of; fathom.

v.intr.

1. To be or become based or grounded.

2. To rest on or touch the bottom.

Phrasal Verb:

bottom out

To descend to the lowest point possible, after which only a rise may occur: Sales of personal computers have bottomed out.

Idiom:

at bottom

Basically.

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[Middle English botme, from Old English botm.]

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bottom·er n.

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bottom out

vb

(intr, adverb) to reach the lowest point and level out the recession shows no sign of bottoming out

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	bottom out - reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while" arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" peak, top out - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"
	2.	bottom out - hit the ground; "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road" collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

Translations

? bottom out

vi (= reach lowest point) → die Talsohle erreichen (at bei); (= pass lowest point) → die Talsohle verlassen or überwinden