filter up
filter up · filters up · filtered up · filtering up
Of information, knowledge or practiceOf information, knowledge or practice; to move slowly up to other levels of an organisation, or population.
» "What was wrong with it?" "The filter was clogged up."
"В чём была неисправность?" — "Засорился фильтр".
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Of information, knowledge or practice; to move slowly up to other levels of an organisation, or population.
There are some brilliant new approaches being created at grass-roots level, but it is taking a long time for them to filter up to the larger institutions.
Examples
1 sentences"What was wrong with it?" "The filter was clogged up."
ru"В чём была неисправность?" — "Засорился фильтр".
Forms
filters up, filtering up, filtered up, filtered up| Base form | filter up · to filter up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | filters up |
| Present participle | filtering up |
| Past simple | filtered up |
| Past participle | filtered up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb