filter in

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filter in(to) (some place)

1. To slowly pass or diffuse into some place. The sunlight filtering into my bedroom is what eventually woke me up.
2. To slowly or gradually enter some place. There's no set start time for the event—people just filter in all day long.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

filter in

 (to some place)
1. Lit. to leak or seep into some place. The smell of bacon cooking filtered into his room and made him wake up. The smoke filtered in and burned our eyes.
2. Fig. [for people] to come into a place, a few at a time, over a period of time. One by one, the guests filtered into the room. They filtered in and started on the snacks.
See also: filter
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • filter in(to) (some place)
  • gallop
  • snail
  • at a snail’s gallop
  • at a snail's gallop
  • fade out
  • fade up
  • back away
  • creep over
  • creep over (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Caption: Caption: Figure 8: Roll, pitch, and heading errors for multisensor filter in GNSS + INS mode, GNSS + INS + Mag + SS mode, with GNSS-only result for comparison.
Xu, "Application of a multi-algorithm fusion real time filter in FOGs," Acta Photonica Sinica, vol.
The position and velocity covariance matrix is transferred from the GPS Kalman Filter to the INS Kalman filter in order to form the measurement noise for the INS Kalman filter.
Furthermore, un-modifying the ground plane, a novel defected microstrip structure by etching in-line open stubs is proposed to design microstrip narrow band-stop filter in [20].
DON'T vacuum a new pool with the filter in backwash mode.
With all this input, the makers still found that selling a Price Pfister Pfilter Pfaucet with a Teledyne Water Pik Filter in the spout requires extensive promotion.