boil down tosomething
phrasal verbwithboilverbuk/bɔɪl/us/bɔɪl/
If asituationorproblemboilsdown to something, that is themainreasonfor it:
Theproblemboilsdown to one thing -lackofmoney.
Being based on or depending on something
- as the case might bephrase
- basesomethingonsomething
- bases
- basis
- build aroundsomething
- egg
- found
- foundational
- hinge
- hinge on/uponsomething
- in the wake ofsomethingidiom
- result fromsomething
- ride
- ride onsomething/someone
- rooted
- spring fromsomething
- strength
- the stuff ofsomethingidiom
- understanding
- wake