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A verbal form of bottom line.

verb bottom-lines · bottom-lining · bottom-lined

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.
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.

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@misc{bottom_line_2026,
  title = {bottom-line},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bottom-line},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}