nuts and bolts

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noun
  1. the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.

Origin of nuts and bolts

1
First recorded in 1955–60

Other words from nuts and bolts

  • nuts-and-bolts, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for nuts and bolts

nuts and bolts

pl n
  1. informal the essential or practical details

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