bottom drops out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Synonym of bottom falls out (“something fails or collapses”).
Example Sentences
- ""You and I are not wanted here, Inspector," he whispered. "The bottom's dropped out of the case," and they slipped away together."