1. back to basics - Noun
2. back to basics - Adverb
3. back to basics - Phrase
back to basics (not comparable)
back to fundamental principles
You can't teach them calculus when they can't add up; let's get back to basics.
back to basics (uncountable)
(politics, chiefly Britain) A conscious return to principles such as self-respect, decency and honesty; especially the discredited policy of the Conservative government in the 1990s.
back-to-basics (not comparable)
Alternative spelling of back to basics
back-to-basics (uncountable)
Alternative spelling of back to basics
back-to-basics
As I get older, I use less jewelry - necklace or earrings each morning, not both; my clothes are getting more basic - fewer colours and simpler cuts; and my make-up is stripped back to basics. Tracy Chevalier
In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics... am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise everyday. Edward Albert
Riding a bicycle is about getting back to basics. It's good for the waistline and it's good for the wallet, is what I'm saying. Phil Keoghan
What I'm making music for now is more similar to what I was doing in the beginning. In those days it was all about doing music so when people heard it in a club it would take their minds of their worries. I got more artistic but now I've gone back to basics. Curtis Jones
A companion to the best-selling Amazing Spider-Man series, these two blockbuster creators are taking Peter Parker back-to-basics in a new series bursting at the seams with heart, humor and over-the-top action! Source: Internet
“And that’s what you could say about these last few years in Detroit: a back-to-basics look at what music means.” Source: Internet