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boil sth down
Ⅰ boil (sth) down — phrasal verb with boil /bɔɪl/ verb ► F0 to heat a liquid or food so that part of it is turned into gas and its amount is reduced, or to be reduced in this wayThesaurus+: ↑Physical and chemical processes
Ⅱ boil sth down — phrasal verb with boil /bɔɪl/ verb ► F0 to reduce information, usually so that it contains only its most important parts: » He had boiled down a lengthy report to just a few paragraphs.Thesaurus+: ↑Becoming and making smaller or less , ↑Becoming and making less strong |