get down to brass tacks

Speech parts

1. get down to brass tacks - Verb

2. get down to brass tacks - Phrase

Meaning

get down to brass tacks (third-person singular simple present gets down to brass tacks, present participle getting down to brass tacks, simple past got down to brass tacks, past participle gotten down to brass tacks or got down to brass tacks)

(idiomatic, chiefly US) to start to discuss or consider the most important details or facts about something.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

nuts and bolts nitty-gritty drill down cut to the chase get down to business get down to bedrock get right down to cases get down to cases roll up one's sleeves

Antonyms

equivocate prevaricate

Examples

Let's get down to brass tacks, shall we? Source: Internet

So you get down to brass tacks, and you always get the job done. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

get down to brass

Close letter words and terms

get down to get down to basics get down to bedrock get down to business get down to cases get down to it