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trickling down

trickling down is the present participle and gerund 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 trickling down

What is trickling down the present participle and gerund of?
Trickling down is the present participle and gerund of trickle down.

Words near trickling down in the dictionary

  1. tricklet
  2. trickleth
  3. tricklets
  4. tricklike
  5. trickling
  6. trickling down
  7. tricklingly
  8. tricklings
  9. tricklining
  10. trickly
  11. trickment

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