the bottom line describes the ultimate outcome of a situation or the most important or fundamental facet of that situation. When someone asks for the bottom line, he wants to cut out all superfluous details and focus on the primary problem or objective.
ex : The bottom line is, as it’s been written and spoken in various ways throughout the course of this great country’s history, “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it ” (The Lockport Union-Sun & Journal)