get/go back to (the) basics

phrase

: 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.

Examples of get/go back to (the) basics in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Incorporate Foraged Finds The lack of major home decorating holidays between Christmas and Easter is an opportunity to go back to basics. — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 14 Jan. 2026

Thomson said his message to García was to get back to the basics and control the strike zone better. — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025

No, the Niners need to get back to the basics of the Shanahan offense and run outside zone again and again and again this week. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025

Although part of the district’s adaptation to the AI boom has been to help students learn how to use it effectively and ethically, the wild-west nature of it has sometimes meant that teachers simply need to get back to the basics. — Jordan Shearer, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2025