get/go back to (the) basics
idiom
: to return to a simpler way of doing something or thinking about something
The restaurant is getting back to basics in terms of food, using fresh ingredients to make simple, good food.
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For strategic diplomacy to work, however, the United States must get back to basics—as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is endeavoring to do.
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A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
According to Davis, one of the key ways for brands to move forward successfully is to go back to the basics.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Despite having an exclusive shoe deal with Puma, the 27-year-old wanted to get back to the basics.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
So, for Orbán, as well, the visit of Netanyahu offers the chance to get back to basics and exploit a certain inferiority complex among Hungarians, Márton Gergely, editor of independent news weekly HVG, told CNN.
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
According to Davis, one of the key ways for brands to move forward successfully is to go back to the basics.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Despite having an exclusive shoe deal with Puma, the 27-year-old wanted to get back to the basics.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
So, for Orbán, as well, the visit of Netanyahu offers the chance to get back to basics and exploit a certain inferiority complex among Hungarians, Márton Gergely, editor of independent news weekly HVG, told CNN.
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Get/go back to (the) basics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%2Fgo%20back%20to%20%28the%29%20basics. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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