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.

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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 To get into the nitty-gritty details, both suitcases are almost the exact same weight and size, and both have near-identical capacities. —

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