nitty-gritty

nit·ty-grit·ty  (nt-grt)

n. Informal

The specific or practical details; the heart of a matter.

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nitty-gritty

Noun

the nitty-gritty Informal the basic facts of a matter or situation [perhaps rhyming compound from grit]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nitty-gritty - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" essence, heart and soul, inwardness, gist, pith, substance, meat, nub, kernel, sum, core, marrow, heart, center, centre cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality haecceity, quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other quintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of something stuff - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"

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nitty-gritty

noun (Informal) basics, facts, reality, essentials, core, fundamentals, substance, essence, bottom line, crux, gist, nuts and bolts, heart of the matter, ins and outs, brass tacks (informal)

Translations

nitty-gritty [ˈnɪtɪˈgrɪtɪ] n (col): to get down to the nitty-gritty → ir al grano

nitty-gritty [ˈnɪtɪˈgrɪtɪ] n (fam);

to get down to the nitty-gritty → en venir au fond du problème

nitty-gritty [ˈnɪtɪˈgrɪtɪ] (inf) n to get down to the nitty-gritty → zur Sache kommen

nitty-gritty [ˈnɪtɪˈgrɪtɪ] n (col): to get down to the nitty-gritty → venire al sodo