Definition
Basic tasks or skills in an undertaking or occupation.
Origins
From US football.
In Context
- "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."