come down to
verb1
To reach by moving down or reducing.
- Wait for the temperature to come down to a reasonable level before touching the lid.
- Come down to my place someday and have lunch.
2
Idiomatic To entirely depend upon a single factor; basically, ultimately or in essence.
- The decision comes down to whether you really want to pay that much for a little extra convenience.
- The game is going to come down to the last five seconds.
- Related terms
- boil down