filter up

verb

Of information, knowledge or practice; to move slowly up to other levels of an organisation, or population.

“There are some brilliant new approaches being created at grass-roots level, but it is taking a long time for them to filter up to the larger institutions.”

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Meanings

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

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

  1. idiomaticOf information, knowledge or practice; to move slowly up to other levels of an organisation, or population.

    There are some brilliant new approaches being created at grass-roots level, but it is taking a long time for them to filter up to the larger institutions.

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APA

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

Chicago

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

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