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trickle back
return slowly in small groups
If people trickle back, they return slowly and in small numbers rather than all at once.
Hear it in real life
Is everyone back from lunch?
Not yet; they are still trickling back.
After the rain stopped, customers began to trickle back into the market.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The staff trickled again to the office.
Say: The staff trickled back to the office.
Use “back” after “trickle” to show that people are returning to a previous place.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
people trickle back; trickle back to a place
Your turn: say it out loud
After the rain stopped, customers began to trickle back into the market.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
trickle back
return slowly in small groups
“After the rain stopped, customers began to trickle back into the market.”
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