get to the heart of

get to the heart of
{v. phr.} To find the most important facts about or the central meaning of; understand the most important thing about. * /You can often get to the heart of people's unhappiness by letting them talk./ * /"If you can find a topic sentence, often it will help you get to the heart of the paragraph," said the teacher./

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  • get to the heart of — {v. phr.} To find the most important facts about or the central meaning of; understand the most important thing about. * /You can often get to the heart of people s unhappiness by letting them talk./ * / If you can find a topic sentence, often it …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get\ to\ the\ heart\ of — v. phr. To find the most important facts about or the central meaning of; understand the most important thing about. You can often get to the heart of people s unhappiness by letting them talk. If you can find a topic sentence, often it will help …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get to the heart of — understand the most important thing about something We were in the meeting for three hours trying to get to the heart of the matter …   Idioms and examples

  • get to the bottom of — {v. phr.} To find out the real cause of. * /The superintendent talked with several students to get to the bottom of the trouble./ * /The doctor made several tests to get to the bottom of the man s headaches./ Compare: GET TO THE HEART OF …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get to the bottom of — {v. phr.} To find out the real cause of. * /The superintendent talked with several students to get to the bottom of the trouble./ * /The doctor made several tests to get to the bottom of the man s headaches./ Compare: GET TO THE HEART OF …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get\ to\ the\ bottom\ of — v. phr. To find out the real cause of. The superintendent talked with several students to get to the bottom of the trouble. The doctor made several tests to get to the bottom of the man s headaches. Compare: get to the heart of …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get to the bottom of things — figure everything out, get to the heart of the matter, get to the bottom line …   English contemporary dictionary

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