toccare il fondo

== Italian == === Etymology === Literally, “to touch the bottom”. Compare French toucher le fond. === Verb === toccàre il fondo (first-person singular present tócco il fondo, first-person singular past historic toccài il fondo, past participle toccàto il fondo, auxiliary avére) to touch one's feet to the bottom of a body of water while one's head is above water to move with the keel touching the bottom of a body of water (of a boat) (figurative, by extension) to hit rock bottom