"filter down" meaning in English

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