meat and potatoes
meat and potatoes
noun pluralDefinition of MEAT AND POTATOES
the central part or aspect of something under consideration <an article that never gets into the meat and potatoes of a solution to the city's rising crime rate>
Synonyms bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sum
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