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111be at the bottom of — ► be at the bottom of be the fundamental cause or origin of. Main Entry: ↑bottom …
112Indovation & the Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid — Innovation tailored to the demands and incomes of (poor) consumers in India. [Ind(ia) + (Inn)ovation] [m3]Reporting from New Delhi for The Financial Times, James Lamontcommented on the efforts of designers to produce products which appeal to… …
113get to the bottom of — ► get to the bottom of find an explanation for (a mystery). Main Entry: ↑bottom …
114knock the bottom out of — (informal) 1. To make, or show to be, invalid 2. To make ineffectual, bring to nothing • • • Main Entry: ↑knock * * * see bottom …
115scrape the barrel (or the bottom of the barrel) — informal be reduced to using the last and poorest resources. → scrape …
116at the bottom of the ladder — at the top of the ladder in the highest position in an organization. She started at the bottom of the ladder, but was rapidly promoted …
117scrape the bottom of the barrel — verb To use the least desirable parts of something. They must really have been scraping the bottom of the barrel if they couldnt find a better design than that …
118get to the bottom of — get the facts, find the cause Did you get to the bottom of the problem? What is the cause? …
119scrape the bottom of the barrel — use the last ones or the worst ones, seconds He s a bad referee. We scraped the bottom of the barrel to find him …
120deal from the bottom of the deck — to lie or cheat The imagery is from card sharping: For all we knew, he could be dealing from the bottom of the deck, just to make more money. (Forsyth, 1994) …