trickle down English

Meaning trickle down meaning

What does trickle down mean?

— (economics) To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people

What other words have the same or similar meaning as trickle down?

run out leak gutter drip stream down stream spread through percolate melt fringe flow out flow fall in drops drop drip down

How do I use trickle down in a sentence?

So we cut their water supply down to a trickle.

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