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boil down

verb

boiled down; boiling down; boils down

transitive verb

1
: to reduce in bulk by boiling
2
: condense, summarize
boil down a report

intransitive verb

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

Example Sentences

the discussion of the problem can be boiled down to a couple of critical points
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Word History

First Known Use

1723, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

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The first known use of boil down was in 1723

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