go back to the drawing board

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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.

See also: back, board, drawing

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Now they've got a new guy in, we've obviously got to go back to the drawing board. HUGHES A CLEVER BOY THEN RICKY? Ponting's late switch pays off by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Now they've got a new guy in, we've obviously got to go back to the drawing board but after we've seen him play we've got a much better idea of how he's going to bat and hopefully we can come up with something more useful. Stung England rethink tactics by Birmingham Mail (England) Now they have a new guy in, we have to go back to the drawing board. England seek to regain their Edg by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			go against the grain go against the tide Go ahead go ahead (with go ahead, make my day go all the way go along go along with go amiss go ape go around go around and around go around doing go around in circles go astray go at like a boy killing snakes go at one another tooth and nail go away go away empty-handed go away with Go away! go AWOL go back a long way go back on word go back to square one go back to the drawing board go back to the salt mines go bad go badly with go ballistic go bananas go beet red go beetroot go before go begging go behind back go belly up go below go berserk go beyond go blank go broke go by the board go by the book go by the name of Go chase yourself! go cold turkey go commando go crazy go deep go down a treat			go AWOL go awry go back go back go back a long way Go back N Go back N Go Back N Automatic Repeat Request Go Back N with Selective Feedback Go Back N with Selective Repeat go back on go back on go back on go back on go back on a commitment go back on a promise go back on one’s word go back on pledge go back on promise go back on word go back over go back to go back to Go Back to Frostfell Go Back to Game Talk go back to nature go back to nature go back to nature Go Back to Sleep go back to square one go back to the drawing board go back to the salt mines Go Back to Wow go bad go bad go bad go badly with go bail go bail go bail go ballistic go ballistic go bananas go bananas go bananas go bananas Go Bare go beet red go beetroot go before Go Before Optics go begging go begging go begging go begging go begging go behind back go belly up go belly up go belly up go belly up

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