the nitty-gritty

noun

informal

: the most important and basic facts or details about something

He deals with the nitty-gritty of running the department.

Let's get down to the nitty-gritty and find out what happened.

Examples of the nitty-gritty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One is this series recently published in The Baffler, which explores the nitty-gritty world of how writers make a living. —Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026

Kennedy’s overhaul of the group and its unfamiliarity with some of the nitty-gritty of procedural requirements was evident throughout the afternoon. —O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026

That starts with digging into the nitty-gritty details of the data on daraxonrasib. —Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026

Shifting his attention away from the nitty-gritty of his mechanics and toward a more macro approach of harnessing his athleticism while hitting, Swanson is seeing encouraging early production. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the nitty-gritty

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