1. Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
   "a hard-nosed labour leader"
   - hardheaded, practical, pragmatic

See also: realistic

• get back
• get behind
• get by
• get cracking
• get down
• get down to brass tacks
• get dressed
• get even
• get going
• get hitched
• get hitched with
• get hold
• get hold of
• get in
• get in touch
• get into
• get it
• get it on
• get knotted
• get laid
• get lost
• get married
• get moving
• get off
• get off the ground