nitty-gritty
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌnɪtiˈɡrɪti/
nitty-gritty (uncountable)
- (colloquial) The essence or core of something; the details.
- He gave a short summary without getting into the nitty-gritty of the problem.
- brass tacks
- details
- nuts and bolts
- See also Thesaurus:gist
- German: Wesentliche, Kern
- Russian: суть
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