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meat and potatoes Definition

meat and potatoes

Informal basic parts or aspects; essentials; fundamentals

meat-and-potatoes Definition

meat·-and-potatoes (mēt′'n pə tāt′əz)

adjective

  1. basic; fundamental they talked about the meat-and-potatoes issues
  2. ordinary; everyday

Browse dictionary entries near meat and potatoes

  1. ‹ meat
  2. ‹ measuring worm
  3. ‹ measuring cup
  4. ‹ measuring
  5. ‹ measurement ton
  6. ‹ measurement
  7. ‹ measureless
  8. ‹ measured
  9. ‹ measure out
  10. ‹ measure off
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