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Idiom

get down to bedrock

Meaning

Synonym of get down to brass tacks.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Let us get down to bedrock and discuss the real costs.”

“The team stopped arguing about minor details and finally got down to bedrock to solve the main problem.”

“After hours of vague conversation, the committee decided to get down to bedrock and address the fundamental flaws in the proposed policy.”

Examples

simple

“Let us get down to bedrock and discuss the real costs.”

contextual

“The team stopped arguing about minor details and finally got down to bedrock to solve the main problem.”

complex

“After hours of vague conversation, the committee decided to get down to bedrock and address the fundamental flaws in the proposed policy.”

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