Thesaurus / get down to brass tacks
other words for get down to brass tacks
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- cite
- define
- determine
- enumerate
- establish
- fix
- indicate
- lay out
- limit
- mention
- point out
- spell out
- stipulate
- blueprint
- condition
- detail
- finger
- individualize
- instance
- inventory
- itemize
- list
- make
- name
- particularize
- peg
- set
- settle
- slot
- specialize
- tag
- be specific
- button down
- come to the point
- draw a picture
- get to the point
- go into detail
- pin down
- precise
- put down
- put finger on
- show clearly
- specificate
- specificize
- tab
- tick off
opposites of get down to brass tacks
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMAN
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
WORDS RELATED TO GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS
- adduce
- advance
- allege
- allude to
- appeal to
- enumerate
- evidence
- excerpt
- exemplify
- extract
- get down to brass tacks
- give as example
- illustrate with
- indicate
- instance
- lay
- mention
- name
- number
- offer
- point out
- present
- recite
- recount
- refer to
- reference
- rehearse
- remember
- reminisce
- repeat
- specify
- spell out
- tell
- adduce
- advance
- allege
- allude to
- appeal to
- enumerate
- evidence
- excerpt
- exemplify
- extract
- get down to brass tacks
- give as example
- illustrate with
- indicate
- instance
- lay
- mention
- name
- number
- offer
- point out
- present
- recite
- recount
- refer to
- reference
- rehearse
- remember
- reminisce
- repeat
- specify
- spell out
- tell
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.