back to basics

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adverb 1.4 Noun 1.5 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• back-to-basics

[edit] Etymology

From back + to + basics.

[edit] Adverb

back to basics (not comparable)

1. back to fundamental principles

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

[edit] Noun

back to basics (uncountable)

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

[edit] See also

• Victorian values