as in ropes
the specific practical details of something
after the usual introductions and requisite pleasantries, we got down to the brass tacks of our business proposal
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Recent Examples of brass tacks
Once the idea is taking shape, in comes the brass tacks of the operation: sketches, colors, fabrics, measurements, fittings.
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Rachel Burchfield, Forbes, 1 Mar. 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
All this gets caught up in relatively broad and esoteric debates about immigration as a virtue and levels of enforcement, but at brass tacks, this is a practical issue.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Few monogamous couples, that is, get down to the brass tacks of chalking the contours—or, rather, the borders—of their coupledom, including those inclined to discuss their transition to exclusivity.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Rachel Burchfield, Forbes, 1 Mar. 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
All this gets caught up in relatively broad and esoteric debates about immigration as a virtue and levels of enforcement, but at brass tacks, this is a practical issue.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Few monogamous couples, that is, get down to the brass tacks of chalking the contours—or, rather, the borders—of their coupledom, including those inclined to discuss their transition to exclusivity.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Brass tacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brass%20tacks. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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