go back to the drawing board
idiom
: to start over
The company went back to the drawing board to make a better product.
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And when one idea doesn't work, PR professionals must have the drive to go back to the drawing board to create something better and more intriguing.
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Catherine Seeds, Forbes, 4 May 2023
It would be rebooted in lackluster fashion and a live-action series would receive a huge social-media backlash, forcing its producers to go back to the drawing board.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 29 July 2022
The Academy needs to go back to the drawing board on this.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 11 May 2022
David Kaye, a former United Nations special rapporteur on free expression, said Twitter should revert the policy and go back to the drawing board.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
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Catherine Seeds, Forbes, 4 May 2023
It would be rebooted in lackluster fashion and a live-action series would receive a huge social-media backlash, forcing its producers to go back to the drawing board.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 29 July 2022
The Academy needs to go back to the drawing board on this.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 11 May 2022
David Kaye, a former United Nations special rapporteur on free expression, said Twitter should revert the policy and go back to the drawing board.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
See All Example Sentences for go back to the drawing board
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“Go back to the drawing board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20back%20to%20the%20drawing%20board. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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