down to brass tacks

Focused on the most important aspects of a particular situation. Often used in the phrase "get down to brass tacks." Let's get down to brass tacks so that everyone has a good grasp on the project overall before we split up to do our separate parts. Don't get overwhelmed with this case, just get down to brass tacks.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Agilulf	-	Ancient Germanic
Carlotta	kahr-LOT-tah	Italian
TunÇ	TOONCH	Turkish
Petre	PE-tre (Romanian)	Romanian, Macedonian, Georgian
Christopher	['kristəfə]
Jeremy	['dʒerimi]