Speakur

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getting down to the nitty-gritty

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
get-ting -down -to the nit-ty-grit-ty
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of get down to the nitty-gritty

Questions

What does getting down to the nitty-gritty mean?
present participle and gerund of get down to the nitty-gritty

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