back to basics

== English == === Alternative forms === back-to-basics === Etymology === From back + to + basics. === Adverb === back to basics (not comparable) back to fundamental principles === Noun === back to basics (uncountable) (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. === See also === Victorian values