FACT(S)
ADJECTIVES
► DOWN TO CASES down to the hard facts → L19 US sl.
► FACTY full of facts → 1883
► NEGOTIAL relating to facts without consideration of persons → c1530 obs.
► OPEN-FOUNDED based on plain or obvious facts → 1571 obs.
ADVERBS
► EFFECTUALLY in fact, in reality → c1600 obs.
NOUNS
► BEDROCK the basic facts; the underlying facts → Bk1975 US sl.
► BELL-RINGER a fact or bit of information that enables one to remember or comprehend something → Bk1975 US sl.
► BIT OF GOOD TRUTH the plain facts → Bk1890 sl.
► DINKUM OIL inside or accurate information or news; the true facts → 1915 Aust. sl.
► EFFECT practical reality, fact, as opposed to name or appearance → 1606 obs.
► FACK fact, truth, reality → 1836 Sc.
► FACTICITY an unchangeable fact, a given → 1964
► FACTOID a presumed fact of dubious validity; a popular assumption or belief → 1970s Amer. sl.
► FIXED FACT a positive fact → Bk1905 Amer. dial.
► FOUR-ELEVEN information or facts → 1995 African-American sl.
► FOUR-ONE-ONE information or facts → 1997 African-American sl.
► GOOD GUTS correct information; the true facts; the news → 1957 Aust. sl.
► GUTS the facts, the information → 1910s sl., orig. Aust.
► HOTI an assertion, a fact → 1653
► LAYOUT a situation, the facts → L19 sl.
► LOWDOWN, THE the fundamental facts or relevant information about something, orig. esp. when secret or confidential → 1905 colloq.
► NUTS, THE the basic facts, the core → 1964 US sl.
► POOP up-to-date or inside information; the facts, the relevant information → 1911 colloq., orig. US military sl.
► POOP SHEET a sheet of paper containing the facts or a summary of relevant information relating to a subject → 1928 colloq., orig. US military sl.
► RIGHT WAY OF IT, THE the facts or truth of a matter → 1876
► SKINNY the latest information; inside information; rumour or fact → 1959 US sl.
► SOOTH, THE the truth, the real or actual facts, circumstances, etc. → 897
► SOOTHNESS n. a being true; truth, verity; fidelity, faithfulness; reality, fact → 1275 obs.
► STRAIGHT OIL the honest truth, the facts → 1941 Aust. sl.
► STRENGTH the essential facts; the pertinent details → 1908 Aust. sl.
► TIN-TACKS facts → 20C rhyming sl.
► TRACK RECORD the known facts about relevant history → 1951 US sl.
► VERABLES veritable facts → 1887 Eng. dial.
► VERITY true facts or circumstances → 1422
NOUNS – PERSON
► FACT FINDER one engaged, as in a labour dispute, to ascertain the facts of a case → 1945
PHRASES
► THAT’S A PARTICULAR that’s a fact → 1943 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► COME DOWN TO BRASS NAILS to come to facts or realities → 1911 orig. US
► FACK to tell the truth; to utter facts → 1940s US Black usage
► GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS to come to facts or realities → 1903 orig. US
► LAY IT OUT STRAIGHT to tell all the facts → 1930s sl.
► LET THE MILK DOWN to reveal the facts after withholding them for some time → 1970s US sl.
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