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Meanings of touch bottom in English

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Usage of touch bottom in English
1
Nowhere could I touch bottom or find any hope of solid foothold.
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
2
Similarly, declining states will ultimately touch bottom and then begin to ascend.
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
3
Presently Dick felt his feet touch bottom, but only for an instant.
The Rover Boys out West; Or, The Search for a Lost Mine
4
You couldn't touch bottom with a church steeple right now, it's safe enough.
Fevre Dream
5
A few minutes later Snap announced that he could touch bottom.
Four Boy Hunters; Or, The Outing of the Gun Club
6
We have to go forward expecting that the market should touch bottom, Marchionne said.
Reuters
7
The water was not very deep here and they were able to touch bottom.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
8
We broke through to the surface and, blessedly, I was able to touch bottom.
The accidental demon slayer
9
The waters were shallow; you could actually touch bottom.
iD
10
It was a long point, and I knew I could touch bottom with my pole.
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
11
The island might touch bottom when it had only gone down, say, a hundred feet.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
12
I've got to stay where I can touch bottom.
Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge
13
They had been carried into deep water, where the tallest of them could not touch bottom.
The Boy Slaves
14
But economists believe they may have to drop a further 20 percent before they have touch bottom.
Reuters
15
They were evidently trying to touch bottom with their feet, but the water was over their heads.
Up the River; or, Yachting on the Mississippi
16
Now, now, his feet surely touch bottom.
A Little Florida Lady
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