2. / Dictionary
  3. / Index M

meat and potatoes: Meaning and Definition of

meat' and pota'toes

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. the essential or basic part: Community service is the meat and potatoes of this program.

meat-and-po•ta•toes

Pronunciation: (mēt'n-pu-tā'tōz, -tuz), [key]
— adj. Informal.
  1. fundamental; down-to-earth; basic: What are the meat-and-potatoes issues of the election?
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
meat meat ax
sandbbox logo
©2022 Sandbox Networks Inc. All rights reserved. Sandbox Learning is part of Sandbox & Co., a digital learning company.