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boil (something) down to (something)
To reduce or simplify something to the most basic, essential, or fundamental element(s). Don't overcomplicate your goals and strategies. Boil them down do the essentialswhat you want, and how to get them. Make sure you boil your proposal down to the most basic details of what you want to do. Don't start adding superfluous info, or the boss will lose interest.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, down
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To 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- boil (something) down to (something)
- boil down to something
- it all boils down to
- boil down to, to
- KISS principle
- KISS rule
- boil
- on the boil
- I don't boil my cabbage twice
- boil over
boil down to
Idiom(s): boil down to sthTheme: RESULTS
to reduce to something; to come down to something; to be essentially something.
It all boils down to whether you wish to buy a car.
It boils down to a question of good health.