Speakur

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gotten down to the nitty-gritty

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
got-ten -down -to the nit-ty-grit-ty
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of get down to the nitty-gritty

Questions

What does gotten down to the nitty-gritty mean?
past participle of get down to the nitty-gritty

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