Meaning

1 senses

  1. (figuratively)To reach a nadir or lowest point.

    After years of wild partying, Joe hit bottom and became a homeless drug addict.

Examples

11 sentences

  1. Tom hit rock bottom.

    deTom war am Tiefpunkt angelangt.

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  2. I hit rock bottom.

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  3. We haven't yet hit bottom.

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  4. I wish he had gotten a hit in the bottom half of the seventh inning.

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  5. I've hit rock bottom and now I want to surface.

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Forms

hits bottom, hitting bottom, hit bottom, hit bottom
Base formhit bottom · to hit bottom
3rd person singularhits bottom
Present participlehitting bottom
Past simplehit bottom
Past participlehit bottom

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhit bottom
he, she, ithits bottom

Past simpleLesson

all personshit bottom

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hit bottom
he, she, ithas hit bottom

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hit bottom

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hitA2hitchC2hitchhike
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