nuts and bolts

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nuts and bolts

noun nuts-and-bolts

  1. idiomatic, plural, plural only The basic inner workings of something; the fundamentals; that which makes something operate. It's really not so hard, once you know the nuts and bolts of the editing process.

    Similar: brass tacks, nitty-gritty

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noun inner workings of something

Françaisrudiments
DeutschA und O
Italianoi dettagli
Русскийазы́ azý

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@misc{nuts_and_bolts_2026,
  title = {nuts and bolts},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nuts%20and%20bolts},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}