# filter down

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/filter-down
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

(by extension) Of information, or resources; to move slowly down to lower levels of an organisation, or population.

## Examples

- The new company rules will filter down to us soon.
- Management announced the budget cuts, but it took weeks for the details to filter down to the employees.
- Although the government promised economic growth, the benefits were slow to filter down to the poorest citizens living in rural areas.

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