bottom-line

Verb

bottom-line (third-person singular simple present bottom-lines, present participle bottom-lining, simple past and past participle bottom-lined)

1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To set a minimum acceptable rule, boundary, or condition for (someone).
   • Thanks to Kim, her husband is also living a sober, productive life. When he came to visit her at the hospital one day, she "bottom-lined" him.1987, Engage/Social Action, volume 15, page 33
   • The most common mistake a man makes when initiating sex with his woman is "bottom-lining" it. Now, this approach may be good for you in your life, your work, and the way you best communicate. However, when it comes to sex with your woman, you will need to throw this approach out the window.2010, Bree Maresca-Kramer, It's That Simple!, A Man's Book on Relationships, Life, Ourselves and the Healing of It All, page 134
2. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To provide a summary or the result; to provide the most important or relevant information.
   • Anyway, bottom lining it: Sunnis and other extremists are targeting and killing civilians along with Iraqi Security Forces.2012, David Abrams, Fobbit, A Novel
   • And then he bottom lines and says the tragedies of the great majority of these deaths can be readily prevented at low cost.2014, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, The First One Thousand Days...