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rock bottom
1noun
- the very lowest level:
He went bankrupt and touched rock bottom.
rock-bottom
2[ rok-bot-uhm ]
adjective
- at the lowest possible limit or level; extremely low:
rock-bottom prices.
rock bottom
noun
- the lowest possible level
- ( as modifier )
rock-bottom prices
Word History and Origins
Origin of rock bottom1
Origin of rock bottom2
Idioms and Phrases
The lowest possible level, absolute bottom, as in Wheat prices have reached rock bottom . This idiom alludes to the presence of bedrock that prevents digging farther down. [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
Maybe he’d hit rock bottom somehow and work his way out?
“In 35 years, I’ve never seen things this bad. Deputy morale is at rock bottom due to all the forced overtime,” he told The Times.
"We're resourceful, we want to make things work, and yet these people are at absolute rock bottom."
This has to be England's latest visit to rock bottom.
This current malaise is comparable to any of the previous "rock bottom" scenarios.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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