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Phrase(s): boil down to something 1. [and] boil down
Lit. [for a liquid] to be condensed to something by boiling. • Boil this mixture down to about half of what it was. 2. Fig. [for a complex situation] to be reduced to its essentials. • It boils down to the question of who is going to win. • It boils down to a very minor matter.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs