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      [Idiom]  | "get down to brass tacks" 


      1: to start to discuss or consider the most important details or facts about something

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       [ "get down to brass tacks" ]

      1: In the trading posts of the old west, the shopkeeper measured out a yard on his wooden counter and inserted two brass thumbtacks. He used this to measure off "yard goods" such as fabrics and rope. So to set the price he first had to get down to brass tacks.

        * e.g.,  ... You've selected your fabric, so let's get down to brass tacks. 

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      1: Smoking weed; When it's time to smoke a bowl

        * e.g.,  ... "Its quarter after four? Almost time to get down to brass tacks" "Hey, let's get down to brass tacks, pass me a bowl so I can pack one up" 

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