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back to basics en · ADV

Etymology

From back + to + basics.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) back to fundamental principles
   • You can't teach them calculus when they can't add up; let's get back to basics.
   • While Strachan’s men have succeeded in adopting a more expansive, fluid style of play in recent times, it was very much a case of back to basics for this one. 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:

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back to basics en · NOUN

Etymology

From back + to + basics.

Meanings

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

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Victorian values