English Explanatory Dictionary

back to basics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. back to fundamental principles
noun
  1. A conscious return to principles such as self-respect, decency and honesty; especially the discredited policy of the Conservative government in the 1990s.

Word forms

back to basics back-to-basics

Etymology

From back + to + basics.

Related words

Victorian values
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