the central part or aspect of something under considerationfinally got to the pith of the discussion
finally got to the pith of the discussion
bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, crux, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pivot, point, root, sum
course, direction, drift, tenorbody, content, substancehypothesis, proposition, purport, subject, theme, thesis
sum and substance, the long and short(or the long and the short)
before the 12th century
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