top-downadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌtɒpˈdaʊn/us/ˌtɑːpˈdaʊn/used to refer to a situation in which decisions are made by a few people in authority rather than by the people who are affected by the decisions:
a top-down approach/strategy
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Decisions and deciding
- be make or break for sb/sth idiom
- be on the horns of a dilemma idiom
- clinch
- clincher
- come down on one side of the fence or the other idiom
- come to sth
- decider
- fight
- hammer sth out
- head
- it's a date idiom
- judgment call
- lot
- make or break sth idiom
- make up your mind idiom
- mind
- name
- name the day idiom
- spin a coin idiom
- toss
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