trickle-down English

Meaning trickle-down meaning

What does trickle-down mean?

trickle-down adjective

— That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others.

— Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor

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How do I use trickle-down in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

So we cut their water supply down to a trickle.