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trickle down

To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people
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The CEO's benefits are unlikely to trickle down to the factory workers.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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trickle downUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see trickle,‎ down.
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