verb phrase · neutral
hit a low
/hɪt ə loʊ/hit·a·LOW
task1
to reach the lowest point
Examples
“Housing prices hit a low in 2012 before starting to recover.”
“The metric hit a low of 3% last quarter.”
“After several months of decline the figure finally hit a low.”
Band 8 sentence
“Domestic demand hit a low in Q1 2020 before government stimulus helped stabilise the market.”
Collocations
- hit a low of
- hit a low in (year/month)
Word family
hit verblow noun / adjective
Common mistakes
hit the low→hit a low
hit lowest→hit a low / hit the lowest point
Say it for a higher band
5reach a low→6hit the lowest→7+hit a low
Synonyms
reach a trough
bottom out
Easily confused
bottom out
“After months of decline, sales finally bottomed out.”
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