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down-to-earth
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adjective
practical and realistic:
a down-to-earth person.
Origin:
1925–30
Synonyms
hard-headed, sensible, sober, pragmatic.
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down-to-earth
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sensible; practical; realistic
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down-to-earth
also down to earth, as an adj. phrase, attested from 1932.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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