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hit bottom

hit bottom verb: to reach a nadir or lowest point.

Verb

hit bottom (third-person singular simple present hits bottom, present participle hitting bottom, simple past and past participle hit bottom)

  1. (figuratively) To reach a nadir or lowest point.
    • After years of wild partying, Joe hit bottom and became a homeless drug addict.

Forms of hit bottom

third-person singular presenthits bottom
present participlehitting bottom
past participlehit bottom
pasthit bottom

Questions about hit bottom

What does hit bottom mean?
Hit bottom means to reach a nadir or lowest point.
What part of speech is hit bottom?
Hit bottom is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit bottom?
The past tense of hit bottom is hit bottom.

Words near hit bottom in the dictionary

  1. hit back
  2. hit batsman
  3. hit batsmen
  4. hit below one's weight
  5. hit below the belt
  6. hit bottom
  7. hit by pitch
  8. hit counter
  9. hit counters
  10. hit different
  11. hit hard

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