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meat and potatoes
1noun
- the essential or basic part:
Community service is the meat and potatoes of this program.
meat-and-potatoes
2[ meet-n-puh-tey-tohz, -tuhz ]
adjective
- fundamental; down-to-earth; basic:
What are the meat-and-potatoes issues of the election?
Word History and Origins
Origin of meat and potatoes1
Origin of meat and potatoes2
Idioms and Phrases
The fundamental part or parts of something, as in This paragraph is the meat and potatoes of the contract . This metaphoric term transfers what some regard as basic fare to the basics of an issue. [Mid-1900s]Example Sentences
Think of what a meat-and-potatoes Democrat like Ed Rendell would do in the job.
A meat-and-potatoes Democrat like Ed Rendell would make jobs and the economy the true top priority of his administration.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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