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nuts and bolts

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nuts and bolts
pl.n. Slang
The basic working components or practical aspects: "[proposing] lofty goals without specifying the nuts and bolts of how they are to be achieved" (Village Voice).
nuts-and-bolts (ntsn-blts) adj.
nuts and bolts
pl n
Informal the essential or practical details
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Noun1.nuts and bolts - detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished
info, information - a message received and understood
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