get/go back to basics
get back to basics
To return to the fundamental aspects of something. Since you're struggling to play chords, let's get back to basics and look at the notes on the scale.
See also: back, basic, get
go back to basics
To return to the fundamental aspects of something. Since you're struggling to play chords, let's go back to basics and look at the notes on the scale.
See also: back, basic, go
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
get back to basics
orgo back to basics
If you get back to basics or go back to basics, you concentrate on simple, important ideas or activities. It helps to get back to basics and say explicitly how we want to satisfy our target customer. This is about going back to basics, learning about a healthy diet and approaching food in a new way. Note: Back-to-basics can be used before nouns. We need a new back-to-basics drive to raise standards of literacy in Britain's schools.
See also: back, basic, get
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
get/go back to ˈbasics
think about the simple or most important ideas within a subject or an activity instead of new ideas or complicated details: It’s time for us all to get back to basics and concentrate on what really matters.See also: back, basic, get, go
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- get back to basics
- go back to basics
- back to basics
- basic
- have a long way to go
- the meat and potatoes
- get down to the nuts and bolts
- the nuts and bolts
- the nuts and bolts of something
- nuts and bolts, the