trickle off in English

Forms: trickles off [present, singular, third-person], trickling off [participle, present], trickled off [participle, past], trickled off [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} trickle off (third-person singular simple present trickles off, present participle trickling off, simple past and past participle trickled off)

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"trickle off" meaning in English

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