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the lowdown on
the lowdown on
The whole truth about something, as in We're waiting to hear the lowdown on what happened after we left. This term uses lowdown in the sense of "the basic or fundamental part." [Slang; early 1900s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Rusudan | | - | Georgian |
| MÉLisande | | - | French |
| Oliwia | | aw-LEEV-yah | Polish |
| Gy&Eth;A | | - | Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic |
| Veronica | | və-RAHN-i-kə (English) | English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman |
| Rupa | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali |