down and dirty
Example Sentences
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In a series rife with story angles and subplots — alleged cheap shots perpetrated by each team, off-ice drama, injuries — it was good, old-fashioned down-and-dirty hockey that mesmerized most thoroughly.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023
But they did make it onto the stage, backed by a string quartet and tearing through the down-and-dirty riffs of their opening number, Smile.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2022
“The Wild Goose Lake” is unapologetically down-and-dirty B-movie filmmaking, but with its stealth social commentary and matter-of-fact bleakness, you would never call it escapist entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2019
“It can’t be skimmed in a quick, down-and-dirty fashion,” Vance emailed from the road.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2019
Wood got involved in a down-and-dirty lawsuit with the Cooke capitalists.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
