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trickles down

trickles down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 trickles down

What is trickles down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Trickles down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trickle down.

Words near trickles down in the dictionary

  1. trickled down
  2. trickledown
  3. trickler
  4. tricklers
  5. trickles
  6. trickles down
  7. tricklesome
  8. trickless
  9. tricklet
  10. trickleth
  11. tricklets

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