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got down to cases

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

Meaning of get down to cases

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.

Questions about got down to cases

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

Words near got down to cases in the dictionary

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

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