Complete Definition of "back to basics"

English

Adverb
back to basics

  1. back to fundamental principles

#:You can't teach them calculus when they can't add up; let's get back to basics.

Noun
back to basics

  1. context|politics|mostly|British A conscious return to principles such as self-respect, decency and honesty; especially the discredited policy of the Conservative government in the 1990s.

See also
Victorian values

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