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nuts and bolts

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nuts and bolts

 
Use nuts and bolts in a Sentence
–noun
the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
Origin:
1955–60

Related forms:
nuts-and-bolts, adjective
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Bolts, Nuts & Fasteners
Pointe Products, Inc. - Since 1962 Low Prices - No Minimum Order
www.pointe-products.com
Nuts & Bolt Manufacturers
List of Nut and Bolt Manufacturers with Info, Preview Ads and RFQs.
IQSDirectory.com/Manufacturers
nuts and bolts  
pl.n.   Slang
The basic working components or practical aspects: "[proposing] lofty goals without specifying the nuts and bolts of how they are to be achieved" (Village Voice).
nuts'-and-bolts' (nŭts'ən-bōlts') adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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nuts and bolts

  1. n.
    the mundane workings of something; the basics of something. : She's got a lot of good, general ideas, but when it comes to the nuts and bolts of getting something done, she's no good.
  2. n.
    the subject of psychology in college. : Tom is flunking nuts and bolts because he won't participate in the required “experiments.”
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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