boils down
Distills the essence
To boil down is to reduce a liquid by heating until some evaporates, concentrating what remains.
Figuratively, to boil something down is to condense it to essentials: Let me boil down the report for you.
When something boils down to a particular point, that's what it fundamentally amounts to: It all boils down to money.
- gistCentral meaning distilled
- cruxMost important point
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- long story shortPhrase introducing a summary
- essenceFundamental nature of something
in a nutshell · nub · heart · at its core · distill · core · main point · point · cuts to the chase · simmer · encapsulate · kernel · crystallize · evaporate · thicken · decant · pith · reduces
boils downelaborates
Adds detail and complexity
expands · develops · unpacks · spells out · explicates
boils downpads out
Lengthens artificially with filler
bulks up · builds up · inflates · bloats · stretches out
boils downelaborates
Adds detail and complexity
builds up · develops · amplifies · embellishes · pads out
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