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Definition of meat-and-potatoes adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

meat-and-potatoes

adjective

[only before noun]

1dealing with the most basic and important aspects of something a meat-and-potatoes argument meat-and-potatoes police work

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2liking plain, simple things He's a real meat-and-potatoes guy.

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