filter down

verb

Of a liquid; to move slowly down to lower substrate levels.

“They might say that the economy is improving, but it is taking a long time for any money to filter down to the poorer classes.”

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Meanings

verbfilter down (third-person singular simple present filters down, present participle filtering down, simple past and past participle filtered down)

present singular third person filters down · participle present filtering down · participle past filtered down · past filtered down

  1. Of a liquid; to move slowly down to lower substrate levels.
  2. idiomatic(by extension) Of information, or resources; to move slowly down to lower levels of an organisation, or population.

    They might say that the economy is improving, but it is taking a long time for any money to filter down to the poorer classes.

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APA

filter down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filter%20down

MLA

“filter down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filter%20down. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filter down,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filter%20down.

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