brass tacks

Meaning

1. (get down to) brass tacks

   (to start to consider) the basic facts or practical details of sth

In the movies · 5

• Brass tacks, we didn't move one Rubek.Velvet Buzzsaw2019
• Let's get down to brass tacks, gentlemen.Pulp Fiction1994
• Listen, let's get down to brass tacks here.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998
• Give me brass tacks, now. What does controlling interest in TWA cost me?The Aviator2004
• We ain't going nowhere until we get down to the brass tacks.The Best of Enemies2019

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• brass monkeys
• brass neck
• the brass ring
• bold as brass
• where there's muck there's brass