the lowdown
noun
: important information or facts about something
He gave me the lowdown about the company's vice president.
Reporters are trying to get the lowdown on what caused the accident.
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Jason Ryle, Toronto’s programmer of Global Indigenous Cinema (also international programmer of UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) gave Variety the lowdown.
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Jennie Punter, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Here’s the lowdown on its key new features… More power
The Hue Bridge Pro comes packing the new Hue Chip Pro; which includes a quad-core Cortex processor at 1.7GHz, 8GB of eMMC flash memory and 8GB of RAM.
—Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Fortune got the lowdown on his daily routine.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Here’s the lowdown on the slate.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
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Jennie Punter, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Here’s the lowdown on its key new features… More power
The Hue Bridge Pro comes packing the new Hue Chip Pro; which includes a quad-core Cortex processor at 1.7GHz, 8GB of eMMC flash memory and 8GB of RAM.
—Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Fortune got the lowdown on his daily routine.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Here’s the lowdown on the slate.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the lowdown
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“The lowdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20lowdown. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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