get down to the nitty-gritty



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.
See also: down, get

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.
See also: down, get

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bamford['bæmfəd]
Fulgenciofool-KHEN-thyo (Spanish), fool-KHEN-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Houda-Arabic
EastonEES-tənEnglish (Modern)
Bikendi-Basque
Xenokrates-Ancient Greek