low-down

Related to low-down: load down

low-down

1. adjective Dishonest or unfair; vile or despicable; contemptible. Always used before a noun. The guy I've been seeing turned out to be a low-down, cheating rat! You're nothing but a low-down coward, you know that? My low-down boss fired me, even though it was his mistake that lost us the client!
2. noun The truth, facts, or most pertinent information about something. OK, here's the low-down: I've got a great business opportunity lined up, but I need to borrow a few thousand dollars to get it off the ground. This is Jane—she'll give you the low-down on day-to-day tasks around the office.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*lowdown (on someone or something)

the full story about someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I need to get the lowdown on John. Is he still an accountant? Sally wants to get the lowdown on the new pension plan. Please tell her all about it.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

the lowdown on

The whole truth about something, as in We're waiting to hear the lowdown on what happened after we left. This term uses lowdown in the sense of "the basic or fundamental part." [Slang; early 1900s]
See also: lowdown, on
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

lowdown

1. mod. rotten; bad. What a dirty, lowdown thing to do.
2. n. the facts on something; the scuttlebutt about something. What’s the lowdown on that funny statue in the park?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • the lowdown on
  • shitass
  • shitasses
  • shitbox
  • muck-raking
  • give (one) the low-down
  • get the low-down
  • give somebody/get the low-down
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