back to basics
Speech parts
1. back to basics - Noun
2. back to basics - Adverb
3. back to basics - Phrase
Meaning
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
Alternative names
back-to-basics
Examples
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
“And that’s what you could say about these last few years in Detroit: a back-to-basics look at what music means.”