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

Here is the nitty-gritty breakdown on those income thresholds. —Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024

That’s your executive summary — now onto the nitty-gritty of preparing for (and best experiencing) the upcoming stellar spectacle. —George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024

This fact, along with Putin’s disinterest in the nitty-gritty of governance, means there is ever more room for improvisation and freelancing at all levels of the state apparatus. —Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024

But the nitty-gritty smelled of nothing more than a cash grab, with the Big Ten and SEC requesting three automatic berths each, or almost half the bracket. —Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2024

Finally, Quaid suggests keeping a network of other founders and angels with prior startup experience to help with some of the nitty-gritty details. —Allbusiness, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024

However, the sense of entitlement to the nitty-gritty details of a person’s romantic life seems to be leveled at single people in a uniquely casual, offhand way. —Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 11 Dec. 2023

There are fishing channels about all species, all tactics, all locations and many that delve way deep into the nitty-gritty of fishing and science and more. —Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024

With this tool, golfers can get down to the nitty-gritty of basic mechanics to improve their game. —Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023