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gets down to basics synonyms

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  • abbreviate
  • abstract
  • blue pencil
  • chop
  • clip
  • compress
  • concentrate
  • condense
  • contract
  • curtail
  • cut
  • decrease
  • digest
  • diminish
  • downsize
  • lessen
  • limit
  • narrow
  • put in nutshell
  • reduce
  • assay
  • beat a dead horse
  • chew over
  • confab
  • consider
  • estimate
  • evaluate
  • figure
  • figure out
  • get down to brass tacks
  • hash
  • inspect
  • interpret
  • investigate
  • judge
  • kick around
  • rehash
  • resolve
  • scrutinize
  • sort out
  • abridge
  • abstract
  • clip
  • compress
  • condense
  • contract
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • digest
  • encapsulate
  • get to the meat
  • pare
  • prune
  • put in a nutshell
  • reduce
  • summarize
  • take out
  • abridge
  • analyze
  • boil down
  • break down
  • chasten
  • clarify
  • clean it up
  • clean up
  • clear up
  • cut down
  • cut the frills
  • decipher
  • disentangle
  • disinvolve
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • explain
  • facilitate
  • get down to basics
  • get to the meat
  • abase
  • admonish
  • afflict
  • berate
  • call down
  • castigate
  • chastise
  • chide
  • cow
  • curb
  • discipline
  • exprobate
  • fulminate against
  • have on the carpet
  • humble
  • objurgate
  • penalize
  • punish
  • rake over the coals
  • rebuke
  • analyze
  • break down
  • clear up
  • define
  • delineate
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • formulate
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • make perfectly clear
  • make plain
  • resolve
  • settle
  • shed light on
  • simplify
  • spell out
  • straighten out
  • throw light on
  • abridge
  • analyze
  • boil down
  • break down
  • break it down
  • chasten
  • clarify
  • clean up
  • clear up
  • cut down
  • cut the frills
  • decipher
  • disentangle
  • disinvolve
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • explain
  • facilitate
  • get down to basics
  • get to the meat
  • dispatch
  • hew
  • kill
  • level
  • lop
  • massacre
  • mow
  • mow down
  • raze
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • abridge
  • analyze
  • boil down
  • break down
  • break it down
  • chasten
  • clarify
  • clean it up
  • clean up
  • clear up
  • cut down
  • decipher
  • disentangle
  • disinvolve
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • explain
  • facilitate
  • get down to basics
  • get to the meat
  • analyze
  • break
  • break down
  • bring out
  • cipher
  • construe
  • crack
  • decode
  • deduce
  • disentangle
  • dope out
  • elucidate
  • encipher
  • explain
  • expound
  • find the key
  • interpret
  • make clear
  • make out
  • puzzle out
  • bail one out
  • clear up
  • detach
  • discumber
  • disembroil
  • disencumber
  • disengage
  • disinvolve
  • emancipate
  • expand
  • extricate
  • free
  • let go
  • let off
  • loose
  • open
  • part
  • resolve
  • separate
  • sever
  • clear
  • disembroil
  • disengage
  • extricate
  • free
  • release
  • untangle
  • analyze
  • break down
  • clear up
  • define
  • delineate
  • elucidate
  • formulate
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • make perfectly clear
  • make plain
  • resolve
  • settle
  • shed light on
  • simplify
  • spell out
  • straighten out
  • throw light on
  • annotate
  • clarify
  • clear
  • clear up
  • decode
  • demonstrate
  • draw a picture
  • enlighten
  • exemplify
  • explicate
  • expound
  • get across
  • gloss
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • make perfectly clear
  • make plain
  • make see daylight
  • prove
  • account for
  • analyze
  • annotate
  • break down
  • bring out
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • construe
  • decipher
  • define
  • demonstrate
  • describe
  • diagram
  • disclose
  • elucidate
  • excuse
  • explicate
  • expound
  • get across
  • go into detail
  • aid
  • ease
  • expedite
  • forward
  • further
  • grease the wheels
  • hand-carry
  • help
  • make easy
  • open doors
  • promote
  • run interference for
  • simplify
  • smooth
  • speed
  • speed up
  • walk through
  • abridge
  • analyze
  • boil down
  • break down
  • break it down
  • chasten
  • clarify
  • clean it up
  • clean up
  • clear up
  • cut down
  • cut the frills
  • decipher
  • disentangle
  • disinvolve
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • explain
  • facilitate
  • get to the meat
  • abridge
  • abstract
  • boil down
  • clip
  • compress
  • condense
  • contract
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • digest
  • encapsulate
  • pare
  • prune
  • put in a nutshell
  • reduce
  • summarize
  • take out
  • check over
  • dip into
  • examine cursorily
  • feed
  • flip through
  • get the cream
  • give the once over
  • glance at
  • graze
  • inspect loosely
  • leaf through
  • nibble
  • once over lightly
  • pass an eye over
  • peruse
  • read
  • read here and there
  • riff through
  • riffle through
  • run through
  • adapt
  • annotate
  • clarify
  • comment
  • commentate
  • construe
  • decipher
  • decode
  • delineate
  • depict
  • describe
  • elucidate
  • enact
  • exemplify
  • explain
  • explicate
  • expound
  • gather
  • gloss
  • illustrate
  • disburse
  • expend
  • give
  • invest
  • lend
  • outlay
  • pay
  • put out
  • put up
  • shell out
  • abridge
  • analyze
  • boil down
  • break down
  • break it down
  • chasten
  • clarify
  • clean it up
  • clean up
  • clear up
  • cut down
  • cut the frills
  • decipher
  • disentangle
  • disinvolve
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • explain
  • facilitate
  • get down to basics
  • abridge
  • analyze
  • boil down
  • break down
  • break it down
  • chasten
  • clarify
  • clean it up
  • clean up
  • clear up
  • cut down
  • cut the frills
  • decipher
  • disentangle
  • disinvolve
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • explain
  • facilitate
  • get down to basics
  • analyze
  • break
  • break down
  • bring out
  • cipher
  • construe
  • crack
  • decode
  • deduce
  • disentangle
  • dope out
  • elucidate
  • encipher
  • explain
  • expound
  • find the key
  • interpret
  • make out
  • puzzle out
  • read
  • analyze
  • break down
  • clear up
  • define
  • delineate
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • formulate
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • make plain
  • resolve
  • settle
  • shed light on
  • simplify
  • spell out
  • straighten out
  • throw light on
  • analyze
  • break down
  • clear up
  • define
  • delineate
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • formulate
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • make perfectly clear
  • resolve
  • settle
  • shed light on
  • simplify
  • spell out
  • straighten out
  • throw light on
  • adjustment
  • aligning
  • array
  • assortment
  • cast
  • categorization
  • classification
  • codification
  • composition
  • computation
  • disposal
  • disposition
  • distribution
  • establishment
  • form
  • grouping
  • harmony
  • layout
  • line
  • lineup
  • abridge
  • abstract
  • boil down
  • clip
  • compress
  • condense
  • contract
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • digest
  • encapsulate
  • get to the meat
  • pare
  • prune
  • reduce
  • summarize
  • take out
  • abridge
  • analyze
  • boil down
  • break down
  • break it down
  • chasten
  • clarify
  • clean it up
  • clean up
  • clear up
  • cut down
  • cut the frills
  • decipher
  • disentangle
  • disinvolve
  • draw a picture
  • elucidate
  • explain
  • facilitate
  • get down to basics
  • abate
  • abridge
  • bankrupt
  • bant
  • break
  • cheapen
  • chop
  • clip
  • contract
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • debase
  • deflate
  • depreciate
  • depress
  • diet
  • dilute
  • diminish
  • abbreviate
  • abridge
  • blue pencil
  • bob
  • boil down
  • chop
  • clip
  • compress
  • condense
  • contract
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut to the bone
  • dock
  • edit
  • elide
  • excerpt
  • lessen
  • break down
  • brief
  • clear up
  • clue in
  • decipher
  • decode
  • define
  • describe
  • diagram
  • draw a map
  • expound
  • fill someone in
  • get across
  • go into detail
  • illustrate
  • interpret
  • justify
  • make plain
  • point out
  • put across
  • accumulate
  • amalgamate
  • assemble
  • compact
  • concenter
  • condense
  • consolidate
  • converge
  • focus
  • gather
  • incorporate
  • integrate
  • organize
  • rationalize
  • systematize
  • unify
  • adjust
  • correct
  • fix
  • iron out
  • remedy
  • remove errors
  • repair
  • sort out
  • straighten out
  • unravel
  • untangle
  • work the bugs out of

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