go back to the drawing board en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gone back to the drawing board | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| goes back to the drawing board | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| going back to the drawing board | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| went back to the drawing board | Tense=Past | lexicographic |