get down to the nitty-gritty
To become focused on the most important or fundamental aspects of a particular situation. The manager always likes to begin the weekly meetings with an informal discussion before getting down to the nitty-gritty. We eventually got down to the nitty-gritty and came up with a solution. We don't need all the extraneous details you included with last month's report. Just get down to the nitty-gritty.
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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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get down to the nitty-ˈgritty
(informal) start discussing the basic, especially the practical aspects of a matter/decision: Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. Who’s going to pay for the renovations? ♢ We talked for an hour without really getting down to the nitty-gritty of the problem.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
get down to the nitty-gritty
in. to get down to the basic facts. (see also
nitty-gritty.)
If we could only get down to the nitty-gritty and stop wasting time. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.