filter down
Seep through layers
Filter down describes how something gradually moves from higher levels to lower ones.
Information filters down through an organization from executives to staff.
Wealth supposedly filters down from the rich to the poor—the basis of "trickle-down" economics.
The phrase implies slow, indirect transmission rather than direct transfer: It took weeks for the news to filter down to the branch offices.
- percolateFilter through gradually
- allocateDesignate for specific use
- seepFlow slowly through
- settleReach final terms
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
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