Meaning of blocking and tackling | Babel Free

Definitions

Basic tasks or skills in an undertaking or occupation.

US, idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“Cummings has been instrumental in the design of a computer simulation that he says will teach "the basic blocking and tackling of urban warfare.”

“This is admittedly the bare basics of journalism, and one would hope it took more than simple journalistic blocking and tackling to become our most trusted practitioner.”

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