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trickled down

trickled down is the simple past and past participle of trickle down.

Meaning of trickle down

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.

Questions about trickled down

What is trickled down the simple past and past participle of?
Trickled down is the simple past and past participle of trickle down.

Words near trickled down in the dictionary

  1. trickle-down economics
  2. trickle-down hypothesis
  3. trickle-up trend
  4. trickle-up trends
  5. trickled
  6. trickled down
  7. trickledown
  8. trickler
  9. tricklers
  10. trickles
  11. trickles down

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