trickle down en · VERB
Meanings
-
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 figuratively or idiomatically: see trickle, down.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)