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How to sign: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story";
Similiar / Same: nitty-gritty, inwardness, heart and soul, essence, gist, pith, kernel, substance, meat, sum, core, marrow, heart, center
Categories: content, cognitive content, mental object
Within this category: bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, quintessence, stuff
