Let's get down to the nitty-gritty.
Source: tatoeba (10680715)
Nitty-gritty
//ˌnɪtiˈɡɹɪti//
Synonyms for "nitty-gritty" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Noun(7 words)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesderived
1 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 9 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- ydin noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
German
1 entries- Wesentliche noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
Icelandic
3 entries- aðalatriði noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
- grundvallar noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
- kjarni noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
Latvian
1 entries- kas lācītim vēderā noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
Persian
1 entries- اصول noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
Polish
1 entries- sedno noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
Spanish
1 entries- meollo noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
Swedish
1 entries- pudelns kärna noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
Turkish
4 entries- asıl mesele noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
- işin gerçek içyüzü noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
- işin gerçek yüzü noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
- konunun özü noun (core or essence of something — see also gist)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He wants the nitty-gritty details.
Source: tatoeba (11535920)
He gave a short summary without getting into the nitty-gritty of the problem.
Source: wiktionary
1976, United States. National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases, Arthritis - Out of the Maze We deal with them at a very, very nitty gritty level, and we deal with the results of years and years of problems that they've had in the past.
Source: wiktionary
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