Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• In this talk, we will introduce some basic group theory (and the basics of computing in symmetric groups) to get down to the brass tacks of how one would go ...
• Oct 27, 2007 ... ... in upholstery because they won't rust and stain the fabric; to reupholster a chair would require the craftsman to get down to the brass tacks.
• 3) They really know how to get down to the brass tacks without going through all the niceties sometimes. 4) I began to change my language away from the jargon  ...
• Feb 12, 2016 ... You could go back to Bill Clinton's administration, if you really want to get down to the brass tacks. So the stability and the instability that we ...

• Apr 15, 2015 ... The feeling has always been that to get down to brass tacks is an American coinage, and indeed it first surfaced in print in Texas. As we will see ...
• In the idiom, brass tacks means (1) the essentials, or (2) the basic facts, so to get down to brass tacks is to focus on the essentials. The phrase's exact derivation ...
• Brass tacks are a type of pin or nail, sometimes called a drawing pin. In colloquial English, the phrase to get down to brass tacks is an idiom that means to focus ...
• Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
• Don't you think that it's about time to get down to brass tacks? See also: brass, down, get, tack. McGraw