{"id":22444,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/boil-down-to-meaning-selection\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","slug":"boil-down-to-meaning-selection","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/boil-down-to-meaning-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Boil down to Meaning Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the phrase <strong>Boil down to<\/strong> usually suggest?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to rely on something as a backup<\/li>\n<li>very different from something else<\/li>\n<li>to have something as the main point or result<\/li>\n<li>in strong disagreement<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22444","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Boil down to<\/strong> means <strong>to have something as the main point or result<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe reducing a matter to its basic cause or idea.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The problem <strong>boils down to<\/strong> poor planning.<\/li><li>The debate <strong>boiled down to<\/strong> money and time.<\/li><li>Success often <strong>boils down to<\/strong> practice and patience.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to rely on something as a backup"},{"right":"no","answer":"very different from something else"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to have something as the main point or result"},{"right":"no","answer":"in strong disagreement"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22444"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22444"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}