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go to the bottom

VERB
sink
Synonyms
STRONGEST
capsize decline descend dig dip disappear drill drive drop drown fall go down lower overturn plummet plunge ram sag settle slump stick submerge wreck
STRONG
bore depress droop ebb engulf excavate flounder founder immerse overwhelm regress scuttle set shipwreck slope stab stoop subside swamp thrust
WEAK
bring down cast down cave in force down let down put down tip over touch bottom
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ascend go up increase raise rise
STRONG
excite grow lift succeed
WEAK
fight float strengthen
VERB
submerse
Synonyms
STRONG
bore capsize couch decline depress descend dig dip disappear drill drive droop drop drown ebb engulf excavate fall flounder founder immerse lay lower overturn overwhelm plummet plunge ram regress run sag scuttle set settle shipwreck slope slump stab stick stoop submerge subside swamp thrust wreck
WEAK
bring down cast down cave in demit force down go down let down put down tip over touch bottom
Antonyms
STRONG
ascend discourage displace dissuade dry excite fill go up grow halt increase lift neglect raise remove rise stop succeed underwhelm

Example Sentences

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Only 1.7% of the benefits would go to the bottom 20% of households by income, compared with nearly 65% to the top quintile and more than 23% to just the top 1%.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

“We are a partner of the president, Roberta Metsola, to improve the functioning and to bring more transparency and to really go to the bottom of the investigation that is taking place,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

I mean, the first 10 were ones I thought, OK, I’d really like to go to the bottom 10, not really, and then the others just kind of filled in.

From MSNBC • Nov. 6, 2019

The Nationals couldn’t make anything of a one-out Michael A. Taylor single, so they’ll go to the bottom of the sixth looking for 12 outs from their bullpen.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2019

“Can you go to the bottom of the page?”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson