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Definition of down and dirty in English: down and dirtyadjective North American informal 1Highly competitive or unprincipled. he's willing to get down and dirty, slinging mud at will and knowing that some of it will stick Example sentencesExamples - Nothing like a good free-for-all, down-and-dirty, no-holds-barred, riot!
- Chapter 29 of her book Smashmouth is a pretty good down-and-dirty introduction to the delicate and tricky decisions that election pollsters have to make under deadline pressure to try and get accurate results.
- Which is probably a good thing, because if you don't do something different from what everybody else is doing, how on earth can you hope to succeed in a down-and-dirty industry like cardboard boxes?
- It could only confirm the impression that politics is a bad business, and that we are better off with high-and-mighty judges than down-and-dirty elected representatives.
- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been calling on energy trading corporations to confess, under oath, whether they have been doing any of the down-and-dirty deals that the devilish company got caught making.
- But the main event is the down-and-dirty race between Rick and Richard.
- I still think the WGA is facing a down-and-dirty round of bargaining which could lead to either a long, destructive strike or a short, destructive collapse.
- A book on this down-and-dirty Senate race could be entitled, When Good Candidates Use Bad Tactics.
- Ask most artists how they plan to make a living at what they do and you'll find them lamenting the need to leave their studios to undertake the down-and-dirty work of selling themselves.
- The hub deal especially contrasts with the down-and-dirty business of having to bet a billion dollars on a vehicle program that may never produce a dime of profits.
- That's when the down-and-dirty strategic connections get made.
- It used to be that the daredevil few who practiced down-and-dirty guerrilla marketing did so because they had no choice: They couldn't afford to play in the big leagues with the money-to-burn heavy-hitters.
- The result is a down-and-dirty fight between two punch-drunk titans.
- Understandably, lost in the blood and rubble of Tuesday's attack has been down-and-dirty New York City politics.
- Little wonder that fewer than half of voting America actually votes; it's largely viewed as an act of endorsement for today's down-and-dirty campaigning.
- Perhaps no modem-day newspaper war has kept industry observers as rapt as the down-and-dirty scrap between MediaNews Group's Denver Past and E.W. Scripps' Rocky Mountain News.
- It was a down-and-dirty commission offered by a nonprofit developer that does not spend its money on anything it considers unnecessary.
- New Orleans was a failure of down-and-dirty management as much or more than a failure of sublime leadership.
- Using the down-and-dirty tactics needed to survive in a family of 13 siblings, Mad Dog and Butcher emerged as true Canadian cripplers.
- This is America, where pundits have for years reassured us politics is a down-and-dirty contact sport with no room for girly men.
2Earthy, direct, and explicit. I won't bore you with the down-and-dirty details Example sentencesExamples - Two down-and-dirty guides to business start-ups
- Outside the conference room, Marcelo tells a more down-and-dirty version of the story that the VC guys are hearing inside.
- There is no down-and-dirty talk about dysfunction, or any bruising hurt of being left for another woman, or any real passion.
- But where is a down-and-dirty checklist of those real turkey-to-mistletoe neuroses - you know, the ones that linger in the pit of your stomach like a lump of coal in the toe of a stocking?
- Just an hour south of Adanta, this family-friendly spot combines down-and-dirty outdoor fun with resort living.
- The book, called Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager, is a down-and-dirty examination of one of the most difficult aspects of the Linux kernel.
- At a time when Hollywood actresses sometimes seemed more interested in making sure they were filmed from their best side than achieving the down-and-dirty realism that a part might need, Bette Davis was an exception.
- There are many of us who like to think we are too high-minded for reality television and the down-and-dirty roustabout of confessional chat shows.
- We know from all those down-and-dirty tell-all bios that Williams was a full-fledged party animal.
- If it's bankrolled by a major Hollywood studio, can it still be considered down-and-dirty flyby-the-seat-of-the-pants guerrilla marketing?
- ‘The Internet's not a novelty, but a useful tool that can do down-and-dirty work,’ says his chief Internet strategist.
- The down-and-dirty, half-hour drama is the story of an unlikely duo of ex-cons who fall in with a plucky waitress at a notorious dead-end diner.
Definition of down and dirty in US English: down and dirtyadjective North American informal 1Highly competitive or unprincipled. he's willing to get down and dirty backstabbing slander and electronic harassment are freely employed in down-and-dirty hacker feuds Example sentencesExamples - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been calling on energy trading corporations to confess, under oath, whether they have been doing any of the down-and-dirty deals that the devilish company got caught making.
- But the main event is the down-and-dirty race between Rick and Richard.
- Perhaps no modem-day newspaper war has kept industry observers as rapt as the down-and-dirty scrap between MediaNews Group's Denver Past and E.W. Scripps' Rocky Mountain News.
- It was a down-and-dirty commission offered by a nonprofit developer that does not spend its money on anything it considers unnecessary.
- That's when the down-and-dirty strategic connections get made.
- The result is a down-and-dirty fight between two punch-drunk titans.
- Using the down-and-dirty tactics needed to survive in a family of 13 siblings, Mad Dog and Butcher emerged as true Canadian cripplers.
- Which is probably a good thing, because if you don't do something different from what everybody else is doing, how on earth can you hope to succeed in a down-and-dirty industry like cardboard boxes?
- The hub deal especially contrasts with the down-and-dirty business of having to bet a billion dollars on a vehicle program that may never produce a dime of profits.
- I still think the WGA is facing a down-and-dirty round of bargaining which could lead to either a long, destructive strike or a short, destructive collapse.
- Understandably, lost in the blood and rubble of Tuesday's attack has been down-and-dirty New York City politics.
- Nothing like a good free-for-all, down-and-dirty, no-holds-barred, riot!
- A book on this down-and-dirty Senate race could be entitled, When Good Candidates Use Bad Tactics.
- It used to be that the daredevil few who practiced down-and-dirty guerrilla marketing did so because they had no choice: They couldn't afford to play in the big leagues with the money-to-burn heavy-hitters.
- Ask most artists how they plan to make a living at what they do and you'll find them lamenting the need to leave their studios to undertake the down-and-dirty work of selling themselves.
- Little wonder that fewer than half of voting America actually votes; it's largely viewed as an act of endorsement for today's down-and-dirty campaigning.
- New Orleans was a failure of down-and-dirty management as much or more than a failure of sublime leadership.
- Chapter 29 of her book Smashmouth is a pretty good down-and-dirty introduction to the delicate and tricky decisions that election pollsters have to make under deadline pressure to try and get accurate results.
- It could only confirm the impression that politics is a bad business, and that we are better off with high-and-mighty judges than down-and-dirty elected representatives.
- This is America, where pundits have for years reassured us politics is a down-and-dirty contact sport with no room for girly men.
2Earthy, direct, and explicit. the down-and-dirty realities about these diseases they serve up some down-and-dirty Texas blues Example sentencesExamples - There are many of us who like to think we are too high-minded for reality television and the down-and-dirty roustabout of confessional chat shows.
- The down-and-dirty, half-hour drama is the story of an unlikely duo of ex-cons who fall in with a plucky waitress at a notorious dead-end diner.
- But where is a down-and-dirty checklist of those real turkey-to-mistletoe neuroses - you know, the ones that linger in the pit of your stomach like a lump of coal in the toe of a stocking?
- If it's bankrolled by a major Hollywood studio, can it still be considered down-and-dirty flyby-the-seat-of-the-pants guerrilla marketing?
- Two down-and-dirty guides to business start-ups
- At a time when Hollywood actresses sometimes seemed more interested in making sure they were filmed from their best side than achieving the down-and-dirty realism that a part might need, Bette Davis was an exception.
- The book, called Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager, is a down-and-dirty examination of one of the most difficult aspects of the Linux kernel.
- There is no down-and-dirty talk about dysfunction, or any bruising hurt of being left for another woman, or any real passion.
- ‘The Internet's not a novelty, but a useful tool that can do down-and-dirty work,’ says his chief Internet strategist.
- Outside the conference room, Marcelo tells a more down-and-dirty version of the story that the VC guys are hearing inside.
- Just an hour south of Adanta, this family-friendly spot combines down-and-dirty outdoor fun with resort living.
- We know from all those down-and-dirty tell-all bios that Williams was a full-fledged party animal.
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