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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

trickle down en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people
    • The CEO's benefits are unlikely to trickle down to the factory workers.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trickle, down.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
trickling down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
trickles down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
trickled down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
trickled down Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

trickle-down hypothesis · trickle-down · supply-side economics · trickle-down economics

Translations (2)

pl skapywać (to pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people) · pl skapnąć (to pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people)