boiled down
Simplified to essentials
Boiled down describes something reduced to its essential elements, like liquid concentrated by boiling off water.
A complex argument boiled down becomes its core point.
Boiled down, the issue is money.
The phrase suggests stripping away excess to reveal what matters most.
- succinctExpressed with minimal words
- reducedMade less in amount
- distilledPurified by vaporization
- concentratedGathered or intensified
- pithyConcise and forceful
in a nutshell · long story short · condensed · terse · cut to the chase · summarization · shortened · short version · compendious · essence · compressed · laconic · get to the point · crux · gist · crystallizing · encapsulation · bare bones
boiled downexpanded
Made larger or wider
elaborated · fleshed out · drawn out · padded out · amplified
boiled downcomplicated
Difficult to understand
obfuscated · convoluted · muddied · overcomplicated · tangled up
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