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back to basics

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back to basics
return to basic instruction; start the learning process over again. Class, you seem to have forgotten the simplest of facts, so it's back to basics for the first week of classes.
See also: back

back to basics
returned to the main principles of something She got back to basics on her last album, using just a guitar and piano to produce some wonderful music.
Usage notes: often used with go or get, as in the example
Etymology: based on the idea of learning the basics in school (reading, writing, addition, subtraction)
See also: back


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The expertise she offers comes not only from her extensive clinical and management background but also from her own perspective as a parent, This book rejects the one size fits all solution and gets back to basics with an approach that rekindles the natural instincts of parents in creating a sense of safety and security for infants.
Denny's 'Anatomy of a Control' features got us back to basics.
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