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As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.
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So what this boils down to is that you still owe me that fifty bucks.
Submitted on September 26, 2012
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- cut up
- fill in
- fix up
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- point out
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- put out
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- run down
- run to
- sort out
- stay up
- stick up
- take aback
- take off
- zero in on
- above the law
- at heart
- buy time
- can of worms
- come hell or high water
- dead
- dead duck
- don't get me started
- drop a dime
- ears are burning
- get one's claws into
- give it one's best shot
- give somebody pause
- hack it
- in order
- keep a lid on
- keep somebody posted
- king
- lie through one's teeth
- lion
- lion's share
- not half bad
- nuts and bolts
- odd and curious
- odds and ends
- of late
- old school
- old stick
- on the spot
- one fell swoop
- one of those days
- out of character
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- stand one's ground
- swing the lead
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