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gets down to the nitty-gritty

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
get-s -down -to the nit-ty-grit-ty
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of get down to the nitty-gritty

Questions

What does gets down to the nitty-gritty mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of get down to the nitty-gritty

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