get down to brass tacks
Example Sentences
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“Let’s get down to brass tacks: It’s too expensive to live here.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
"It's almost inevitable that the splintering will happen when you get down to brass tacks about what good parenting really looks like."
From Salon • Jan. 12, 2022
But then we get down to brass tacks and the trailer... pretty much tells you the movie’s entire plot, as my colleague Chaim Gartenberg noted in a first look.
From The Verge • Jul. 24, 2021
It’s time for the state to get down to brass tacks, figure out what’s making people move away and fix it.
From Washington Times • May 15, 2019
An' now," Tyke went on, when they had sobered down a little, "let's get down to brass tacks.
From Doubloons—and the Girl by Forbes, John Maxwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
