brass tacks
brass tacks
noun plDefinition of BRASS TACKS
: details of immediate practical importance —usually used in the phrase get down to brass tacks
Examples of BRASS TACKS
- <after the usual introductions and requisite pleasantries, we got down to the brass tacks of our business proposal>
First Known Use of BRASS TACKS
1895
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