nitty-gritty

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

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  • The book then takes a marked turn away from Rails, and concentrates on getting down to the nitty-gritty of Ruby itself. —  Think Vitamin
  • Library staff also want the nitty-gritty details about their programs or those they'd like to see, use of computers and expanding hours, the in-library café, study rooms or even the library space itself. —  MPNnow Home RSS
  • Secrets of the Female Instrument, begins with mistakes most guys make as well as a look at the fundamentals and principles for great lovemaking., gets into the nitty-gritty of the subject: what goes where, how to touch her, you name it, it's there. —  Romantic Travel News
  • Askthebrain. net Creator's Exclusive Interview - Get the nitty-gritty details from the genius behind askthebrain. net as to why so bitter and what will be done to resolve the bitterness next month in L.A. - The challenge of maintaining on-premises software. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • And not just in some abstract sense, some metaphorical or mythological sense, but down in the nitty-gritty, in the concrete realities of institutional structures and legal frameworks, of policy and process, even down to the physical nature of the landscape and the way that people live. —  Chris Floyd - Empire Burlesque
 

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