nuts and bolts

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noun

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

Origin of nuts and bolts

First recorded in 1955–60

OTHER WORDS FROM nuts and bolts

nuts-and-bolts, adjective

Words nearby nuts and bolts

nutritious, nutritive, nutritive equilibrium, nutriture, nuts, nuts and bolts, nut sedge, nutshell, nutso, nutsy, nutter

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Example sentences from the Web for nuts and bolts

Many of them seem to take greater interest in aviation than in the nuts-and-bolts of corporate operations.
‘Abercrombie’ Lawsuit: Why CEOs Love Their Jets|Daniel Gross|October 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
If 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.
Kinky for Perry|Kinky Friedman|August 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for nuts and bolts

nuts and bolts

pl n

informal the essential or practical details

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单词	nuts and bolts
释义	nuts and bolts SEE SYNONYMS FOR nuts and bolts ON THESAURUS.COM noun the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job. Origin of nuts and bolts First recorded in 1955–60 OTHER WORDS FROM nuts and bolts nuts-and-bolts, adjective Words nearby nuts and bolts nutritious, nutritive, nutritive equilibrium, nutriture, nuts, nuts and bolts, nut sedge, nutshell, nutso, nutsy, nutter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nuts and bolts Many of them seem to take greater interest in aviation than in the nuts-and-bolts of corporate operations. ‘Abercrombie’ Lawsuit: Why CEOs Love Their Jets\|Daniel Gross\|October 19, 2012\|DAILY BEAST 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\|DAILY BEAST If 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. Kinky for Perry\|Kinky Friedman\|August 24, 2011\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for nuts and bolts nuts and bolts pl n informal the essential or practical details Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to nuts and bolts basics, brass tacks, fundamentals, innards, mechanics, nitty-gritty, essentials, no frills, no nonsense, practicalities, workings
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nuts and bolts

noun

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