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Phrase(s): down and dirty
1. crude and carelessly done. • (Used as an attributive.) The last time he painted the kitchen, it was a down and dirty job because he thought we were moving. Fig. coarse; mean-spirited. • The campaign for governor really got down and dirty in the final week.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Vicious, not governed by rules of decency, as in The candidates are getting down and dirty early in the campaign. [Slang; early 1980s] 2. Very earthy, uninhibitedly sexual. For example, "L.A. club people rarely get down and dirty on a dance floor" (The New Yorker, May 21, 1990). [Late 1980s]
American Heritage Idioms