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

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There are people who are getting down into the nitty-gritty— Leah Feiger: No, that's true. —Leah Feiger, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024

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To get into the nitty-gritty details, both suitcases are almost the exact same weight and size, and both have near-identical capacities. —Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024