nuts and bolts

Speech parts

1. nuts and bolts - Noun

2. nuts and bolts - Phrase

Meaning

detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

nuts-and-bolts

Synonyms

nitty-gritty ABCs basis nub core heart meat substance mechanics essence kernel marrow crux gist low-level
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Antonyms

trivia deets peripherals subtleties technicalities niceties
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Hypernyms

information info

Examples

Progress ... has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools. Karl Kraus

I am a Christian, not because someone explained the nuts and bolts of Christianity, but because there were people willing to be nuts and bolts. Rich Mullins

The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets. Aaron Eckhart

I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealand's economic performance. David Cunliffe

I built a steel plant from the grassroots, so I learned all the nuts and bolts. When there was a problem, I would be able to guide them, though I am not a technical person. Lakshmi Mittal

I'm tired of high policy talks. I want to focus on nuts and bolts. Dave Freudenthal

Words in the phrase

nuts and bolts

Close letter words and terms

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