"get down to cases" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: gets down to cases [present, singular, third-person], getting down to cases [participle, present], got down to cases [past], gotten down to cases [participle, past], got down to cases [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,gotten:got> down to cases}} get down to cases (third-person singular simple present gets down to cases, present participle getting down to cases, simple past got down to cases, past participle gotten down to cases or got down to cases)
  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of get down to brass tacks Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: get down to brass tacks [synonym, synonym-of], get right down to cases
    Sense id: en-get_down_to_cases-en-verb-p2ExuCvr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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