come down tosomething
phrasal verbwithcomeverbuk/kʌm/us/kʌm/came|come
C2
If asituationordecisioncomes down to something, that is the thing thatinfluencesit most:
Whatit allcomes down to isyourincredibleinsecurity.
It allcomes down tomoneyin the end.
[+ question word]Eventuallyourchoiceofhotelwill come down to how much we canafford.
If asituationorproblemcomes down to something, it can bedescribedorexplainedmostsimplyin that way:
What theproblemcomes down to is whether theconsumerwill bewillingtopaymore for ahigherqualityproduct.
Being based on or depending on something
- as the case might bephrase
- basesomethingonsomething
- bases
- basis
- boil down tosomething
- 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
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