Boil Down To: (1)

Grammar Tense Structure:

• Present Tense: boil / boils down to
• Past Tense: boiled down to
• Past Participle: boiled down to
• Present Participle: boiling down to

1: If something BOILS DOWN TO something else, it will show the root cause, the basic cause of perhaps a more complicated reason or situation

non-separable phrasal verb

• Most crime in this city boils down to poverty and a lack of money from the criminal.
• What would you say the problem boils down to?
• The fact is the increase in fuel prices boils down to energy companies wanting to gain more profit