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Crux of the matter   /krəks əv ðə mˈætər/   Listen
Crux of the matter

noun
1.
The most important point.  Synonym: crux.






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"Crux of the matter" Quotes from Famous Books



... crux of the matter, Penny darling!" Dundee assured her in a maddeningly soothing voice, at which Penny clinched her hands in impotent rage. "Flora, seeing Nita receive a letter written on her husband's business stationery, jumps to the conclusion that Nita had carried ...
— Murder at Bridge • Anne Austin

... me, lies the crux of the matter—in all this period the present moment of living never appealed to me in the least. I derived no suggestion of satisfaction or enjoyment from it. I was for ever striving, restlessly, uneasily, and to weariness, for something to be attained later on. ...
— The Record of Nicholas Freydon - An Autobiography • A. J. (Alec John) Dawson



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