go back to the drawing board

go back to the drawing board
To start again; to scrap a previous idea or plan and try again from the beginning.

After the original plan failed miserably, they decided to go back to the drawing board and come up with something new.


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  • Back to the drawing board —   If you have to go back to the drawing board, you have to go back to the beginning and start something again …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • back to the drawing board — used to indicate that an idea, scheme, or proposal has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised the government must go back to the drawing board and review the whole issue of youth training …   Useful english dictionary

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