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.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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