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goes back to the drawing board

goes back to the drawing board is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go back to the drawing board.

Meaning of go back to the drawing board

Verb

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)

  1. (idiomatic) To start again; to scrap a previous idea or plan and try again from the beginning.
    • After the original plan failed miserably, they decided to go back to the drawing board and come up with something new.

Questions about goes back to the drawing board

What is goes back to the drawing board the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes back to the drawing board is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go back to the drawing board.

Words near goes back to the drawing board in the dictionary

  1. goes back
  2. goes back a long way
  3. goes back in time
  4. goes back on
  5. goes back to
  6. goes back to the drawing board
  7. goes back to the tools
  8. goes backwards
  9. goes bad
  10. goes ballistic
  11. goes balls up

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