Usually means: Focus on the essential details.
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  1. get down to brass tacks: Merriam-Webster
  2. get down to brass tacks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. get down to brass tacks: Wiktionary
  4. get down to brass tacks: Dictionary.com
  5. get down to brass tacks: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. get down to brass tacks: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (get down to brass tacks)

verb:  (idiomatic, chiefly US) To start to discuss or consider the most important details or facts about something.

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