idiom
back to the drawing board
BAK too the DRAW-ing BORD
bæk tuː ðə ˈdrɔːɪŋ bɔːrdListen
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Syllable breakdown
backtothedrawingboard
Dictionary meaning
to start again from the beginning after a plan or project has failed; to go back to the earliest stage of planning because the current approach did not work
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