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go back to the drawing board |
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go back to the drawing board Fig. to return to the planning stage, so that a failed project can be planned again. These plans have to go back to the drawing board. I thought these problems went back to the drawing board once already. go back to the drawing board to start something again because the previous attempt failed Researchers went back to the drawing board to find where they went wrong. Related vocabulary: back to square oneUsage notes: sometimes used without go: When we thought we were finished, he sent us back to the drawing board and asked us to completely redo it. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Either way, we need to go back to the drawing board. Prosecutors must go back to the drawing board, re-evaluate their case . His approach is simplicity itself: Touristy souvenirs, seemingly from exotic places like Africa but all purchased from markets in London, have been glued together to form two three-dimensional parallelograms set onto two rickety drafting tables, reminding us that it is indeed time to go back to the drawing board where ethnic assimilation is concerned. |
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