"the rubber hits the road" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2011, Kevin Murray, The Language of Leaders",
          "text": "It is in these conversations that the rubber hits the road, where the plan gets traction.",
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          "ref": "2014, Kent De Spain, Landscape of the Now: A Topography of Movement Improvisation",
          "text": "We do it in our teaching, which is where the rubber hits the road in the improvisation community.",
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          "ref": "2014, John L. Allen Jr., The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know®",
          "text": "It often tends to be the most controversial field in theology because it's where the rubber hits the road in terms of what the Church says on the hotbutton issues of the day, from abortion and homosexuality to war and the environment.",
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