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a. (context UK sports English) Finishing in last place in the standings in a league or tournament.
Usage examples of "bottom of the table".
He walloped against a table, battering his thighs, wincing as the impact scraped the bottom of the table's legs across the concrete floor.
I crashed both fists up into the bottom of the table and sent it jetting into the air.
The Commander-in-Chief's sudden flush of benevolence had called together a surprising number of guests, and Stephen found himself tight-wedged at the bottom of the table between the Caledonia's chaplain and a black-coated gentleman who had come out to act as deputy judge-advocate in some particularly delicate court martial.
The surprise vanished when Ilna saw that Tamana was seated at the bottom of the table on Robilard's left, and that the man seated above her was clearly not a noble.
The three strangers did not allow their deep erudite discussion to interfere with their appreciation of Aunt Trudi's cooking, and at the bottom of the table the children ate in dutiful but goggle-eyed silence.