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DictionarySeeboilboil down to
boil (something) down to (something)To reduce or simplify (something) to the most basic, essential, or fundamental element(s). Your essay is far too long. Please try to cut out any superfluous text and boil it down to about 10 pages. The issue really boils down to whether customers will be willing to pay more for the same product or not.See also: boil, downboil 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.See also: boil, downboil down to, toTo simplify or abridge; to lead to the crux of the matter. This figure of speech transfers the sense of a liquid being reduced and concentrated by the process of boiling to other processes or endeavors. It dates from the late nineteenth century. See also: boil, down |