"come down to" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come down to.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes down to [present, singular, third-person], coming down to [participle, present], came down to [past], come down to [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> down to}} come down to (third-person singular simple present comes down to, present participle coming down to, simple past came down to, past participle come down to)
  1. To reach by moving down or reducing. Related terms: boil down
    Sense id: en-come_down_to-en-verb-QaXFvkDO
  2. (idiomatic) To entirely depend upon a single factor; basically, ultimately or in essence. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-come_down_to-en-verb-y5vQd~ev Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down), English phrasal verbs with particle (to) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 29 71 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (to): 22 78

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for come down to meaning in English (2.3kB)

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