Meaning

1 senses
  1. The IPA diacritic of primary articulation: ⟨˕⟩, used to denote a lowered phone; for vowels, the diacritic denotes a slightly more open utterance; for consonants, it moves the manner of articulation one step forward in this chain: nasal → plosive → fricative → approximant → trill → tap, flap → lateral fricative → lateral approximant → lateral flap.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Let's get down to brass tacks and make a decision.

    deKommen wir zur Sache und treffen wir eine Entscheidung.

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  2. Let's get down to brass tacks.

    Ближче до справи.

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  3. Let's get down to brass tacks and talk business.

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  4. To come down to brass tacks, you owe me something.

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  5. I think it's about time we got down to brass tacks.

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Forms

plural: down tacks
Singulardown tack
Pluraldown tacks

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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