"down and dirty" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "more down and dirty",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most down and dirty",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004 December, CSO, volume 3, number 12, page 53",
          "text": "You also need to remember that it's rare to find someone in a C-suite or on a board who knows how to get down and dirty with IT, who knows the difference between a firewall and a fire exit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thoroughly involved; hands-on."
      ],
      "id": "en-down_and_dirty-en-adj-tPFLCaVk",
      "links": [
        [
          "hands-on",
          "hands-on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Thoroughly involved; hands-on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "down and dirty"
}

{
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    {
      "form": "more down and dirty",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most down and dirty",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "down and dirty (comparative more down and dirty, superlative most down and dirty)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "2004 December, CSO, volume 3, number 12, page 53",
          "text": "You also need to remember that it's rare to find someone in a C-suite or on a board who knows how to get down and dirty with IT, who knows the difference between a firewall and a fire exit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Thoroughly involved; hands-on."
      ],
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        [
          "hands-on",
          "hands-on"
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        "(informal) Thoroughly involved; hands-on."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "down and dirty"
}