down-and-dirty
unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
earthy; funky.
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British Dictionary definitions for down and dirty
ruthlessly competitive or underhand: if Bush gets down and dirty the Governor will give as good as he gets
uninhibited; frank
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Other Idioms and Phrases with down-and-dirty
Vicious, not governed by rules of decency, as in The candidates are getting down and dirty early in the campaign. [Slang; early 1980s]
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