go back to the drawing board

Example Sentences

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I’d go back to the drawing board on this one and plot out a rational plan for Roth conversions over several years, if that’s what you decide makes the most sense for you.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Anna de Graaff says, "The extreme properties of The Cliff forced us to go back to the drawing board, and come up with entirely new models."

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

“There needs to be a standard and we need to execute and if we don’t execute, we go back to the drawing board, we work on those things, we get better and we execute.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2025

"The final will be amazing whoever we play. We will celebrate this tonight and go back to the drawing board tomorrow."

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

Even so, this was a blow to the government, for they now had to go back to the drawing board in the case they were calling the trial to end all trials.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela