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the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the gist of the prosecutor's argument
the nub of the story
the heart and soul of the Republican Party
How To Use nitty-gritty In A Sentence
- It's time to break out of that shell and deal with the nitty-gritty details of your relationships.
- To develop for the X360 and Ps3 you know exactly what each system is going to be specced at, and are able to develop specifically to those specifications and are thus able to focus more man hours on the design and game play side of the game as opposed to the nitty-gritty tech side of getting the game to run on all these different platforms with the PC. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The Force Unleashed: Looking really great
- It's very varied and sometimes you can be dealing with the nitty-gritty side of things like maintenance of the ground.
- It was a quite important issue, and I thank Mr Peck, because he came up with the idea of bringing the protagonists and the antagonists into a debate situation to really get to the nitty-gritty of it.
- They were all waiting anxiously to hear the nitty-gritty details, as if throwing up your guts was a major accomplishment. Raven
- It didn't get itself involved in the nitty-gritty of political life and so kept quite a low profile. Times, Sunday Times
- Then we got down to the nitty-gritty, asking whether people thought the development should go ahead.
- Otherwise I am usually involved with the nitty-gritty of dance as a performer and teacher.
- But when it comes to the nitty-gritty, it seems no one is prepared to put their money where their mouth is.
- Instead they love taking responsibility for prestige projects but dislike the dull nitty-gritty of real reform. Times, Sunday Times