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get down to the nitty-gritty

to get down to the basic facts. Stop messing around and get down to the nitty-gritty. If we could only get down to the nitty-gritty and stop wasting time.

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the nitty-gritty

the most basic and important facts of something We didn't actually get down to the nitty-gritty (= start to talk about the most important facts) until half way through the meeting.

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Even though all the planning and preparation has been finished, it is still not time to get to the nitty gritty of how to lay floor tile The trick now is to repeat the following steps as many times as you need to get a feel for it Even though all the planning and preparation has been finished, it is still not time to get to the nitty gritty of how to lay floor tile. How to Lay Ceramic or Porcelain Floor Tiles ? Part 3 by K Purdenn / Home based business community A I'M not going to go into the nitty gritty of body hair. Girlfriend wants me to shave privates; Just Joan by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) But the 36-year-old is clearly itching to get down to the nitty gritty of his first managerial post. LET'S GO TO WORK: LEE by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)			Nice work if you can get it! nick nick up nickel nickel and dime nickel-and-dime niggle niggle about night night after night night and day night on the town night owl night person nine nine days' wonder nine times out of ten nine-to-five job nineteen to the dozen nip nip and tuck nip at nip in the air nip in the bud nip off nitty no big deal no call for no chance No comment no contest no dice no doubt no doubt about it no earthly reason no end no end in sight no end of no expense is spared No fair! No fear! no flies on no good no great shakes no hard and fast rules no hard feelings No harm done no harm, no foul no holds barred no ifs and buts no ifs, ands, or buts			NITSP NITSS NITSY NITT Nitta nitta tree Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad Company Nittany Highland Pipe Band Nittany Lion Battalion Nittany Lion Club Nittany Science Camp for Girls Nittany Valley Running Club Nittany Valley Symphony Orchestra Nitte Education Trust Nitte Mahalinga Adyantaya Memorial Institute of Technology Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Nitter Nitti Nitti, Francesco Saverio Nittily Nittings Nittle Grasper NITTS NITTTR nitty Nitty (disambiguation) Nitty (Rapper) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band nitty-gritty NITV NITW nitweed nitwit Nitwit Records Nitwits nitwitted nitwittedness nitwittery Nityanand Shastri Kashmir Research Institute Nitz Nitze, Paul Henry Nitzer Ebb Nitzsch, Karl Wilhelm Nitzsche Niu Niu Tireni Niu Tireni Niu Tireni Niu Valley Middle School NIU-I NIU-S

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