come down to somebody/something phrasal verb (see also come)

1. if a complicated situation or problem comes down to something, that is the single most important thing:
It all comes down to money in the end.

2. if something old has come down to you, it has been passed between people over a long period of time until you have it:
The text which has come down to us is only a fragment of the original.

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come down to
come down to (something)
to be recognized as the most important thing.
It comes down to simply teaching the basics to these kids--they don't know anything.

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come down to something
come down to (something)
to be recognized as the most important thing.
It comes down to simply teaching the basics to these kids--they don't know anything.

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come down to
to be reduced to something
The man's decision about the job came down to how it would affect his family.

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come down to something
to be reduced to something
The man's decision about the job came down to how it would affect his family.

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