nuts and bolts
noun
the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
Origin of nuts and bolts
First recorded in 1955–60
OTHER WORDS FROM nuts and bolts
nuts-and-bolts, adjectiveWords nearby nuts and bolts
nutritive,
nutritive equilibrium,
nutriture,
nuts,
nuts about, be,
nuts and bolts,
nuts and bolts, the,
nutshell,
nutso,
nutsy,
nutter
Example sentences from the Web for nuts and bolts
Many of them seem to take greater interest in aviation than in the nuts-and-bolts of corporate operations.
He was perceived as inspiring, but not really connecting to working people in a nuts-and-bolts kind of way.
If the issue of the day is jobs and the economy, Rick Perry is certainly the nuts-and-bolts kind of guy you want in there.
British Dictionary definitions for nuts and bolts
nuts and bolts
pl n
informal
the essential or practical details