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low ebb

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a low ebb
a bad state. Respect for the police is at a low ebb. (not used with the) I'd just separated from my wife and was at a fairly low ebb. (= was feeling sad and without hope) Relations between the two countries have reached their lowest ebb (= are the worst they have been) since the second world war.
See also: ebb, low


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His fortune was then at a very low ebb, the source being stopt from which hitherto he had been supplied.
"Medical knowledge is at a low ebb among us," said Mr.
"We're the only three Christians in the county, my love"--in which case, it must be confessed, that religion was at a very low ebb in the county of Hants.
 
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