COME DOWN TO (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)


Meaning of COME DOWN TO (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) in English

come down to somebody/something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ come )

1 . if a complicated situation or problem comes down to something, that is the single most important thing:

It all comes down to money in the end.

2 . if something old has come down to you, it has been passed between people over a long period of time until you have it:

The text which has come down to us is only a fragment of the original.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.