Meaning
To start a task or plan again from the beginning.
Cultural Background
It is a standard way to show you are not discouraged by failure. It is literally how designers worked for decades.
Use it to sound resilient
Using this phrase shows you are ready to try again.
Meaning
To start a task or plan again from the beginning.
Use it to sound resilient
Using this phrase shows you are ready to try again.
Test Yourself
Complete the phrase.
When our plan failed, we had to go ____ the drawing board.
The idiom is 'back to the drawing board'.
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Visual Learning Aids
Practice Bank
1 exercisesWhen our plan failed, we had to go ____ the drawing board.
The idiom is 'back to the drawing board'.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1 questionsIt is neutral/informal.
Related Phrases
Back to square one
synonymStarting over.