bare facts
Unadorned basic information
The bare facts are the essential information stripped of embellishment, interpretation, or emotional coloring.
Bare here means naked or unadorned—facts without the clothing of opinion or speculation: Just give me the bare facts.
The phrase often implies a deliberately minimal account, sometimes because the truth is unpleasant enough without elaboration.
- naked truthUnembellished reality
- raw dataUnanalyzed collected information
- no frillsWithout extras or embellishments
- plain truthHonest, unembellished reality
- plain and simpleWithout elaboration or complexity
unvarnished · nitty gritty · brass tacks · blunt · stripped · essential · unadorned · simple truth · cut and dried · evidence · proof · undeniable · straightforward · honest · brutal · bottom line · meat and potatoes · basics
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- Candor Phrasesto be honest, truth be told, honestly, frankly, to tell the truth
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Rapid rotation around axis
speculation · embellishment · interpretation · commentary · opinion
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Deliberate untruths
falsehoods · fabrications · fiction · misinformation · disinformation
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