trickle down
See also: trickledown and trickle-down
English
Verb
- (economics) To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people
- The CEO's benefits are unlikely to trickle down to the factory workers.
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see trickle, down.
Usage notes
Sometimes shortened to trickle.
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