the bare minimum

Getting here with even the bare minimum was a trial.

"It also shows that others have done little beyond the bare minimum."

The truth is that the son has spent the bare minimum.

"We've always been given the bare minimum, not what we needed to do the job."

"We try to get it down to the bare minimum, but I think this is a good thing to do."

For four months, I did the bare minimum to keep my shoulder strong.

Some people do the bare minimum, just the surface that shows.

He would teach her the bare minimum she needed to know.

Which means we keep communication down to the bare minimum.

But the ruling says they can only pay the bare minimum.

The number of people who were involved in this chain was held to the bare minimum.

That's nearly 20 million people who cannot make the bare minimum they need to survive!

She was certain that no more than the bare minimum of respect showed on either his face or her own.

Take the bare minimum and make a copy of all the numbers on these, too.

At the bare minimum, they want to add two more seats this year.

As a result, they do the bare minimum in teaching evolution.

"You were wise not to report more than the bare minimum on your way back," she said.

You figure you'll hang out, have fun, do the bare minimum until something real comes along.

We have ended up with just the bare minimum which can be accepted.

By and large, they have instead met the bare minimum requirements of the new rule.

You speak to me, if at all, with the barest minimum of words.

In fact, he had always done the bare minimum of research necessary to support these myths.

Those with role conflict did not do more than the bare minimum requirements at work.

We consider the Commission's proposal to be the bare minimum.

He has done the bare minimum to promote the bout.