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get down to cases

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

Verb

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

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

Synonyms of get down to cases

Forms of get down to cases

third-person singular presentgets down to cases
present participlegetting down to cases
pastgot down to cases
past participlegotten down to cases
past participlegot down to cases
alternative formget right down to cases

Questions about get down to cases

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

Words near get down to cases in the dictionary

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

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