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

The Great Arch delves into the nitty-gritty details of erecting a public structure in a country where government red tape sticks to everything, and creativity is often waylaid by political and budgetary realities. —Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025

Tools like Hotjar or Crazy Egg track the nitty-gritty details, conversion rates, click-through rates and even heatmaps of user activity. —Andrew Faridani, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

Our beauty test team represents different lip care needs and glam preferences so that you’re equipped with the nitty-gritty details that’ll lead you to your next holy grail lip oil. —Claire Sullivan, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025

The daughter doesn’t need to know the nitty-gritty of your difficult working relationship with her mom, though. —R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025

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