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down and dirty

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down and dirty 
1. crude and carelessly done. (Used as an attributive.) The last time he painted the kitchen, it was a down and dirty job because he thought we were moving. Fig. coarse; mean-spirited. The campaign for governor really got down and dirty in the final week.
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The Departed: Knockout crime thriller marking Martin Scorsese's welcome return to the down and dirty with an ensemble cast to die for.
This lives up to its promise; it's down and dirty sounding like the BBQ stuff, but more like the Spaceshits in the knows-how-to-rock category.
Day along with thousands of other New Yorkers who got down and dirty at city parks and volunteered their sweat equity to beautify the boroughs.
 
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