be down to (something)
be down to (something)
1. To be or be considered the essential or most important factor or thing. Our success is down to our persistence and precise planning.
2. To have something reduced to a minimal amount. I can't come with you tonight. I'm down to my last dollar, I'm afraid. We're down to the last two days of the competition, so be sure to enter for your chance to win!
See also: down
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be down to something
COMMON If something is down to something else, the second thing is the cause of the first. When you are asked to score goals, then a lot is down to confidence and Kevin has that. I think that the show's popularity is down to two things.
See also: down, something
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
be down to something
have nothing except one or a few items of the kind mentioned: I’m down to my last penny.See also: down, something
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- constant dripping wears away a stone
- constant dropping wears away a stone
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- rip the heart out of (something)
- rip/tear the heart out of something
- tear the heart out of (something)
- get down to the nuts and bolts
- the short and the long of it
- prepare the ground
- prepare the way (for something)