bottom-out

Mom steers the Bug down their long, gullied driveway, trying not to bottom-out at the end.

Angels Carry the Sun excerpt: Chapter One, In the Woods 2010

Two of the holes bottom-out, presumably on encountering a knot or other toughness, but the third continues in and down to create a winter roost.

Colder jhetley 2008

Growth will be "broadly flat" in the near term, the committee said, down from a prediction in May that annual growth would bottom-out around 1% in the first quarter of next year.

Bank of England Cuts 2008

A lot of guys develop -- or, you know, experience tremendous depression, and they go through just bottom-out depression.

CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2007 2007

He had a protected propeller on it so that he could go right on into the sand and bottom-out on it, drop an anchor, a stern, as he went in.

D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II 1994

The price of the underlying dipped 20.0% to bottom-out at a six-month low of $42.03 on August 9.

Forbes.com: News Caitlin Duffy 2011

This change was probably a response to the rapidly worsening property data, and aimed to lead the sector to bottom-out earlier than later.

MarketWatch.com - Software Industry News 2012

Specific to bottom-out fridges post-October, what did you see in wholesale industry prices and your specific market share?

unknown title 2012

Now, suddenly, the baseline has dropped all the way down to 126.9 million, and that's three quarters sooner than the bottom-out point suggested in their original analysis.

Hot Air » Top Picks Ed Morrissey 2010

Now, suddenly, the baseline has dropped all the way down to 126.9 million, and that's three quarters sooner than the bottom-out point suggested in their original analysis.

Hot Air » Top Picks Ed Morrissey 2010