the ins and outs

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   all the details, especially the complicated or difficult ones

   The next six months, I got to know the ins and outs of Wall Street.

   we are little men, we don't know the ins and outs of the matter, there are wheels within wheels, etc...

In the movies · 2

• The next six months, I got to know the ins and outs of Wall Street.The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• we are little men, we don't know the ins and outs of the matter, there are wheels within wheels, etc...Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead1991
• You're supposed to know the ins and outs?The Aviator2004
• The guards wear security bands to control their ins and outs. I need one.Guardians of the Galaxy2014
• A lot of ins, a lot of outs.The Big Lebowski1998
• DYLAN: He knew the ins and outs of strange and exotic adventure, backwards and forwards.We Bought a Zoo2011

Learn it in full scenes

• The Wolf of Wall Street2013
  • Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself
  • Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
  • Black Monday Crushes Jordan's Career

From the same entry

• in that
• be in at
• be in for
• be in on
• be in with
• in and out
• an in to
• have an in with

More idioms

• there is more to than meets the eye
• throw under the bus
• what makes tick
• in private
• a world of difference
• at the back of your mind
• be asking for trouble
• every bit as good
• only have yourself to blame
• let's hear it for
• on display
• say the word