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nuts to butts

idiom
Meaning

Closely one behind the other.


Examples
SIMPLE

The crowd was nuts to butts at the concert.

CONTEXTUAL

We were packed nuts to butts on the subway train during the busy morning commute.

COMPLEX

The small elevator was so crowded that we stood nuts to butts, barely able to breathe until the doors finally opened.

Anchors to
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  1. 01

    nuts and bolts

    The basic inner workings of something; the fundamentals; that which makes something operate.

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