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trickle down

trickle down verb: to pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people.

Verb

trickle down (third-person singular simple present trickles down, present participle trickling down, simple past and past participle trickled down)

  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.

trickle down meaning in Tamil

trickle down in Tamil

ஒழுகு, ஊறுதல், கீழிறங்கு கசிவு

Forms of trickle down

third-person singular presenttrickles down
present participletrickling down
past participletrickled down
pasttrickled down

Questions about trickle down

What does trickle down mean?
Trickle down means to pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people.
What is trickle down in Tamil?
Trickle down in Tamil is ஒழுகு, ஊறுதல், கீழிறங்கு கசிவு. See Trickle down meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trickle down?
Trickle down is a verb.
What is the past tense of trickle down?
The past tense of trickle down is trickled down.

Words near trickle down in the dictionary

  1. trickle charged
  2. trickle charger
  3. trickle chargers
  4. trickle charges
  5. trickle charging
  6. trickle down
  7. trickle down hypothesis
  8. trickle off
  9. trickle truth
  10. trickle-down
  11. trickle-down economics

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