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down-and-dirty

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down-and-dirt·y (dounnd-dûrt)
adj. Informal
1. Intently and fiercely competitive, often unscrupulously so: "Keeping his cool has never been easy for [him] in the playoffs . . . when opponents do their down-and-dirty best to bewitch, bother and bewilder him" (Phil Anastasia).
2. Bawdy; lewd.
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