(idiomatic, US) Basic tasks or skills in an undertaking or occupation.
Some are caught up in the vision. Others are turned off and say he's a self-promoter who doesn't know anything about the blocking and tackling of the brokerage business.
“I don't love the show, but I am consistently shocked at how good Sean Evans is at the blocking and tackling of interviewing. They must have an INSANE research team to back him up, but he seems like he's able to keep the show running while basically doing a physical fitness test.”
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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