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got down to bedrock

got down to bedrock is the simple past of get down to bedrock.

Meaning of get down to bedrock

Verb

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

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

Questions about got down to bedrock

What is got down to bedrock the simple past of?
Got down to bedrock is the simple past of get down to bedrock.

Words near got down to bedrock in the dictionary

  1. got changed
  2. got cold feet
  3. got down
  4. got down on
  5. got down to
  6. got down to bedrock
  7. got down to brass tacks
  8. got down to business
  9. got down to cases
  10. got down to nuts and bolts
  11. got down to the nitty-gritty

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