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meat and potatoes

Informal basic parts or aspects; essentials; fundamentals

adjective

basic; fundamental: they talked about the meat-and-potatoes issues
ordinary; everyday

See meat and potatoes in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun
Informal (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

The fundamental parts or part; the basis.

adjective
Informal

Fundamental; basic.

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