back to basics
A conscious return to principles such as self-respect, decency and honestyA conscious return to principles such as self-respect, decency and honesty; especially the discredited policy of the Conservative government in the 1990s.
» We need to get back to the basics.
Ми повинні повернутися до основ.
Meaning
1 senses(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.
Examples
6 sentencesWe need to get back to the basics.
Ми повинні повернутися до основ. — deniko
We're going back to basics.
Ми повертаємося до основ. — deniko
I'm just getting back to basics.
We're going to go back to basics.
ruМы собираемся вернуться к основам. — Ivanovb
We do need to get back to the basics.
Origin
From back + to + basics.From back + to + basics.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable