Mean heat up, Dutch admit (4,4,2)
I believe the answer is:
boil down to
'mean' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'heat up dutch admit' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'dutch' could be 'd' (common abbreviation) and 'd' is found within the answer.
'admit' could be 'own' (own can mean to admit or acknowledge) and 'own' is found within the answer.
'heat up' could be 'boil' (to boil is to heat up a liquid) and 'boil' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'to' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for boil down to that I've seen is " Mean".)