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root of the matter
Idioms and Phrases
The essential part or cause of something, as in We still don't understand what happened; we must get to the root of the matter . This expression was first recorded in the Bible (Job 19:28).Example Sentences
鈥淎h! here I reach the root of the matter. He wanted you to marry him?鈥
I鈥檓 not seeing how any of these low-hanging cuts get to the root of the matter.
鈥淭hat would be the benefit of an actual investigation conducted by the FBI. We don鈥檛 see how you can get to the root of the matter without that.鈥
鈥淚t鈥檚 that slow, Alabama drawl that he has, but he gets right down to the root of the matter and he鈥檚 a practical, solutions-driven kind of manager, so what you see is what you get. He鈥檚 an operator鈥檚 dream.鈥
To get to the root of the matter, we鈥檒l need to take a trip back in time.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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