Grammar fix
trickle down
spread to lower levels (figurative)
If something such as money, benefits, or information trickles down, it gradually spreads from people at the top of a system or organization to those at lower levels.
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
The government hopes that economic growth will trickle down to benefit poorer communities.
Some people argue that increased investment in technology will eventually trickle down to improve the quality of life for all members of society.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: The profits trickled down the workers.
Say: The profits trickled down to the workers.
'Trickle down TO' people — don't drop 'to'.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Trickle down' is the idiomatic verb for wealth or info spreading downward; 'disseminate' is formal.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
trickle down + to
- to employees
- to the public
- eventually
- slowly