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Meaning of trickle down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trickle, down.

Equivalents

العربية صب قسب
Deutsch abperlen herabrieseln
Bahasa Indonesia menetes
Polski skapnąć skapnąć skapywać skapywać
Tiếng Việt nhễu

Examples

“The CEO's benefits are unlikely to trickle down to the factory workers.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

trickled trickled down trickles trickles down trickleth trickling

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