go back to the drawing board in English

Audio: en-au-go back to the drawing board.ogg

[Australia] Forms: goes back to the drawing board [present, singular, third-person], going back to the drawing board [participle, present], went back to the drawing board [past], gone back to the drawing board [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> back to the drawing board|head=go back to the drawing board}} go back to the drawing board (third-person singular simple present goes back to the drawing board, present participle going back to the drawing board, simple past went back to the drawing board, past participle gone back to the drawing board)

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          "text": "After the original plan failed miserably, they decided to go back to the drawing board and come up with something new."
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        "To start again; to scrap a previous idea or plan and try again from the beginning."
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        "(idiomatic) To start again; to scrap a previous idea or plan and try again from the beginning."
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went back to the drawing board",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone back to the drawing board",
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"go back to the drawing board" meaning in English

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