boil down to

to be summarized as

• What he said boils down to this.
• That boils down to the same thing.
• A long discussion boiled down to a realistic conclusion.
• What it all boils down to is that we are in the same boat.
• The Displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter, by the idea that everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives is — second only to American political campaigns — the most prominent and pernicious manifestation of anti-intellectualism in our time.