come down to

Idioms  

1. Also, come right down to. Amount to or be reduced to, as in It all comes down to a matter of who was first in line, or When it comes right down to it, you have to admit he was mistaken. [Late 1800s] Also see boil down, def. 2.

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Example Sentences

The world will never know for sure, but it might have come down to just $10.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“This story will come down to executing on a well understood and bullish forecast and we think the narrative is shifting more toward Optics where it belongs,” O’Malley wrote in a research note.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

We were in the champions locker and I made a lot of the champions come down to congratulate him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

But since falling to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals, and then Jakub Mensik in Doha, Sinner's success has come down to the improved reliability of his service game.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“There are loads on Serendib if you’d ever just come down to the sea and look. See, she has a rubbery shell, not the hard type like the other turtles.”

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook