go back to the drawing board

idiom

: to start over

The company went back to the drawing board to make a better product.

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It would be rebooted in lackluster fashion and a live-action series would receive a huge social-media backlash, forcing its producers to go back to the drawing board. —

Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 29 July 2022 Instead, take some time and go back to the drawing board. —

Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2021 If recruiting is a serious challenge, go back to the drawing board and redesign your brand story. —

Todd Irwin, Forbes, 15 June 2021 The Academy needs to go back to the drawing board on this. —

Ellise Shafer, Variety, 11 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for go back to the drawing board

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