boil down

My attitude, crazy as it sounds, boiled down to this: Maybe we were all going to die, but at least I was making money.

For the better part of a century, America’s foreign policy has boiled down to this: We foot most of the bills and prevent bullies from rolling over weaker sovereign states.

But as ever with capitalism, it can also be boiled down to two simple things: dollars and cents.

We have all heard of maple syrup, which is made by boiling down the sap of maple trees to produce a thick, sweet, golden-to-brown coloured syrup that is typically poured over pancakes.

Trump’s deep vision for curing the “immigration problem” boils down to making the United States a less desirable place in which to live or visit.