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MEAT AND POTATOES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fundamental part
Example:
successful negotiation is the meat and potatoes of arbitration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("meat and potatoes" is a kind of...):
base; basis; cornerstone; foundation; fundament; groundwork (the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained)
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