Noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Source: WordNetnitty gritty
Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions. David Miliband
Any skills that I have, I couldn't really make money with them. I would like to think that maybe I would be doing something in psychology or something of that nature because I love that vein of medicine - the getting down and getting nitty-gritty. Ian Harding
the gist of the prosecutor's argument Source: Internet
the heart and soul of the Republican Party Source: Internet
the nub of the story Source: Internet
As it announced measures pretended to be in the best interest of Malawians to keep the virus at bay, nitty-gritty details were either deliberately omitted or never thought through. Source: Internet