as in ropes
the specific practical details of something
the nuts and bolts of the merger of the two companies have yet to be worked out
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brass tacks
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Back from holiday after a month away, John Oliver wasted no time in getting down to brass tacks, spending the beginning 10 minutes of Last Week Tonight addressing Donald Trump‘s desperate attempts to redirect national conversation away from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
27 July 2025 -
The trade that brought Butler to San Francisco also forced Kerr, his staff, and the Warriors roster to get down to brass tacks.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Nuts and bolts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuts%20and%20bolts. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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