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boil down to
verb as in add up to
Weak matches
verb as in conclude
Example Sentences
On Wednesday, Yglesias posted a list of rules that he thinks Democrats should follow going forward; several of them boil down to rejecting the inclusion jargon used by activists and academics.
And so, in a sense, the many questions posed by this showdown boil down to just one: Will the next president embrace the traditional role of a commander in chief with robust yet limited powers, with a fundamental obligation to serve the citizenry over her parochial needs, and with ultimate accountability to the people and the law?
The race may boil down to Nevada, and voters like the man I met who is holding his nose and voting for Harris — because she’s not inane.
His positions largely boil down to reversals of Gascón’s edicts and a promise to operate in “the hard middle.”
The accusations are myriad, but many boil down to the same complaint: They had a problem, and when they contacted customer service, Spirit told them exactly where they could shove it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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