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Meaning of go back to the drawing board | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To start again; to scrap a previous idea or plan and try again from the beginning.

idiomatic

Examples

“After the original plan failed miserably, they decided to go back to the drawing board and come up with something new.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

go back to the tools go backwards go bad go ballistic go balls up go bananas