nuts and bolts

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nuts and bolts Meaning of "nuts and bolts"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished

Usage(s):

  1. The history books I read growing up and still read today don't spend a lot of time talking about the nuts and bolts of running a big government.
  2. While Laird has immersed himself in day-to-day Pentagon business in order to learn the nuts and bolts of the Defense Department, Packard has taken on the long-range tasks.
  3. We have people that are beginning to develop some of the nuts and bolts.
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