filtered down
Seeped through layers
Filtered down describes information, ideas, or effects gradually reaching lower levels after starting at the top.
News filters down from executives to staff; wealth supposedly filters down from rich to poor.
The phrase suggests slow, indirect transmission rather than direct communication: It took weeks for the policy change to filter down to regional offices.
Sometimes used skeptically, especially regarding economic benefits that never quite arrive.
- percolateFilter through gradually
- winnowedSorted by quality
- permeateSpread through entirely
- siftSeparate coarse from fine
- sortMethod of ordering
select · distillation · seep · refinement · straining · sifted through · sieve · leach · sedimentation · purify · cascading · infuse · whittled · water treatment · simplification · reduced · diffusion · absorption
filtered downblocked
Passage prevented or impeded
obstructed · stopped · held back · impeded · stifled
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