dot the i's and cross the t's
to pay a great deal of attention to the details of something, especially when you are trying to complete a task:
The negotiations are nearly finished, but we still have to dot the i's and cross the t's.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- faddy
- fastidious
- finicky
- fusspot
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- particular
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- pernickety
- persnickety
- pettifogging
- purist
- stickler
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