boil down
verb
boiled down; boiling down; boils down
1
: to undergo reduction in bulk by boiling
2
a
: to be equivalent in summary : amount
his speech boiled down to a plea for more money
b
: to reduce ultimately
your choices boil down to three
Examples of boil down in a Sentence
the discussion of the problem can be boiled down to a couple of critical points
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And in his view, it’s all been boiled down to one thing: a continuous iterative process to use black on a woman’s body.
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
According to Gimple, the story choice boils down to wanting to find a new iteration of Negan and Maggie who can finally set aside their past and move forward toward a future where New York actually stands a chance of returning to civilization.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
The gravity of his presence at the festival, in part, boils down to his connection to Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, which stars the festival’s co-founder, Robert De Niro, as Marine veteran and taxi driver, Travis Bickle.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 June 2025
Washington’s asks boil down to three items: combating the Islamic State militant group, consolidating its authority to prevent chaos, and respecting the rights of ethnic and sectarian minorities in the country, some of whom, like the Kurds in Eastern Syria, have been long-standing U.S. partners.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
According to Gimple, the story choice boils down to wanting to find a new iteration of Negan and Maggie who can finally set aside their past and move forward toward a future where New York actually stands a chance of returning to civilization.
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
The gravity of his presence at the festival, in part, boils down to his connection to Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, which stars the festival’s co-founder, Robert De Niro, as Marine veteran and taxi driver, Travis Bickle.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 June 2025
Washington’s asks boil down to three items: combating the Islamic State militant group, consolidating its authority to prevent chaos, and respecting the rights of ethnic and sectarian minorities in the country, some of whom, like the Kurds in Eastern Syria, have been long-standing U.S. partners.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
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“Boil down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boil%20down. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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