come down

come down  {v.}
1. To reduce itself; amount to no more than. — Followed by "to".
The quarrel finally came down to a question of which boy would do the dishes.
Syn.: BOIL DOWN (3).
2. To be handed down or passed along, descend from parent to child; pass from older generation to younger ones.
Mary's necklace had come down to her from her grandmother.
Categories: children {v.}
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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