BOIL DOWN Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

boil down

verb

as in to summarize

to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report) the discussion of the problem can be boiled down to a couple of critical points

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Recent Examples of boil down That’s essentially what Game 2 will boil down to. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026 What all this boils down to are trucks that are very un-truck-like. —

David Szondy june 03, New Atlas, 3 June 2026 To potential car buyers, that boils down to off-road. —

Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 The agreement boils down to a branding deal. —

Matt Moret, New York Times, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for boil down

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Jeff Hafley’s an excellent communicator Hafley needs 30 seconds to summarize things that would have taken Mike McDaniel three minutes.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
The slow pace is due to a law that requires each ballot and each tally sheet, which summarizes the votes from each polling station, to be taken to one of more than 100 offices to be counted.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 June 2026