rock-bottom
- adjective
- /ˈrɑkˌbɑtəm/
- He managed to get the car for a rock-bottom price after negotiating with the dealer.
- rock-bottom prices
- rock-bottom rates
- rock-bottom wages
He bought up Scots Rail assets at rock bottom prices, too.
- He bought up Scots Rail assets at rock bottom prices, too.
Examples
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All the best entrepreneurs, they fight their way back from rock-bottom.
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Then they snapped up the stock market at rock-bottom prices, which is why so many millionaires were created out of depression.
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And sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to realize what you had.
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We are being killed by 'Rock Bottom Low Prices.'
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Both were top ten teams under Petrino, and both hit rock bottom the year after he left.
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The stores don't want to store this merchandise and often mark it down to rock bottom prices.
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Eventually, people with money and good credit are going to start taking advantage of the rock-bottom interest rates and rapidly dropping home prices.
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He bought up Scots Rail assets at rock bottom prices, too.
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In today's economy, we have never experienced such motivated car sellers or rock-bottom interest rates on car loans.
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Crucial makes RAM and other storage units, and their SSDs boast fast speeds at rock-bottom prices.
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Synonyms
At the bottom in rank or importance in a group
Antonyms
How Low
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rock-bottom comes from the image of a 'bottom' made of hard rock, like a ship that reaches the very lowest point and hits solid ground, so it cannot go lower. So, when a price or level is rock-bottom, it is as low as it can go.