CEFR B2

boil down

verb

Meaning

To reduce a large amount of information or a complex situation to its most essential parts.

The committee's report will boil down the findings into a few key recommendations.
Can you boil down the plot of the movie into one sentence?

Synonyms: summarize, condense, distill, abridge

verb

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪl dɑʊn/

To reduce a large amount of information or a complex situation to its most essential parts.

The committee's report will boil down the findings into a few key recommendations.
Can you boil down the plot of the movie into one sentence?
All the arguments boil down to a simple disagreement about priorities.

boil down to (prepositional phrase): To have something as the main or most important point. — "Ultimately, the problem boils down to a lack of funding."

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