get down to bedrock
Find core truth
To get down to bedrock is to reach the most fundamental level of something—the basic facts, core principles, or essential truth beneath surface complications.
The phrase draws from geology, where bedrock is the solid rock underlying loose surface material.
Let's get down to bedrock: can we afford this or not?
After hours of negotiation, they finally got down to bedrock on the deal terms.
- analyzeStudy by breaking down
- truthAccordance with reality
- deconstructAnalyze by breaking down
- principleFundamental truth or standard
- bedrockSolid stone underground
ground truth · hard facts · distill · core · scrutinize · dissect · essence · origin · probe · strip away · axiom · bare bones · bare essentials · simplify · basis · investigate · foundation · root
get down to bedrockscratch the surface
Examine only superficially
gloss over · go through the motions · take at face value · hand-wave · miss the forest for the trees
get down to bedrockbuild on sand
Found on instability
muddy the waters · obfuscate · beat around the bush · hedge · equivocate
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