nuts and bolts
the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
Origin of nuts and bolts
1Other words from nuts and bolts
- nuts-and-bolts, adjective
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How to use nuts and bolts in a sentence
Many of them seem to take greater interest in aviation than in the nuts-and-bolts of corporate operations.
He was perceived as inspiring, but not really connecting to working people in a nuts-and-bolts kind of way.
Super Tuesday: What Mitt Romney Needs Now to Win | Michael Tomasky | March 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf the issue of the day is jobs and the economy, Rick Perry is certainly the nuts-and-bolts kind of guy you want in there.
So if you find yourself with extra time in August, here is the perfect nuts-and-bolts guide to designing your own book.
British Dictionary definitions for nuts and bolts
informal the essential or practical details
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