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get down to brass nails

get down to brass nails verb: synonym of get down to brass tacks.

Verb

get down to brass nails (third-person singular simple present gets down to brass nails, present participle getting down to brass nails, simple past got down to brass nails, past participle gotten down to brass nails or got down to brass nails)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of get down to brass tacks

Synonyms of get down to brass nails

Forms of get down to brass nails

third-person singular presentgets down to brass nails
present participlegetting down to brass nails
pastgot down to brass nails
past participlegotten down to brass nails
past participlegot down to brass nails

Questions about get down to brass nails

What does get down to brass nails mean?
Get down to brass nails means synonym of get down to brass tacks.
What part of speech is get down to brass nails?
Get down to brass nails is a verb.
What is the past tense of get down to brass nails?
The past tense of get down to brass nails is got down to brass nails.

Words near get down to brass nails in the dictionary

  1. get cracking
  2. get down
  3. get down on
  4. get down to
  5. get down to bedrock
  6. get down to brass nails
  7. get down to brass tacks
  8. get down to business
  9. get down to cases
  10. get down to nuts and bolts
  11. get down to the nitty-gritty

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