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get to the heart of
Idioms and Phrases
Find or determine the most important or essential facts or meaning. For example, It's important to get to the heart of the matter before we make any decisions . The noun heart has been used in the sense of “a vital part†since the early 1500s.Example Sentences
“When we think about racial disparities in vaccination, it’s really important to get to the heart of why they exist and continue to persist,†Dr. Maimuna Majumder, a computational epidemiologist and faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, told Salon in an email in relation to declines in measles vaccination fuelling the current outbreak of the disease.
Sigmund Freud could not get to the heart of this lot.
Frankel was known as the show’s Greek chorus, a voice of reason who could cut through the bullsh*t to get to the heart of the matter.
The father-son storyline is ultimately the most emotional part of the film, but it takes almost two hours to get to the heart of it.
Now let's get to the heart of your question.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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