Usually means: Essence or core of matter.
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  1. sum and substance: Merriam-Webster
  2. sum and substance: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. sum and substance: Dictionary.com
  4. Sum and Substance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. sum and substance: Wiktionary

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  1. sum and substance: Legal dictionary

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  1. sum and substance: Idioms

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▸ noun:  The essential meaning of written or spoken words; gist, crux.

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essence, content, matter, cloth, pith, knot, title, heart and soul, subtext, stuff, more...

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essence, content, matter, cloth, pith, knot, title, heart and soul, subtext, stuff, more...



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