to be the main reason for something or the most basic part of something
A year's work boils down to this one game.
And their wedding was frankly a year's worth of admirably useless insanity, all boiled down to one day.
England's chances over the next five weeks boil down to one not so simple thing: can their batsmen score enough runs in the first innings consistently?
Everything we had problems with each other about just boils down to one thing - victims of circumstance.
For all the techniques they employ, this work still boils down to one man of courage making a lonely walk.
He said: 'It boils down to one player switching off.
It all boils down to one thing: looking like you bounce in bed.
It boiled down to one kick of the ball on the day.
It’s difficult to choose which appliance to buy, but in the end it usually boils down to cost.
Let me tell you, any big case that can be boiled down to one phrase is always a winner.
My ability to stick with the project, though, will always boil down to one main thing.
Once you cut through the various interpretations of the size of the loan scheme and the value of the taxpayers' holdings, it boils down to one figure.
The music is great, but 120 is a lot to spend on what boils down to one album.
The summit disaster boils down to one fact.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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