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What does back to the drawing board mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word back to the drawing board? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. (idiomatic) Back to the beginning following an unsuccessful attempt.
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The regulations must be sent back to the drawing board and revised to conform to the real world.
They have also decided to go back to the drawing board on the idea for bus priority in Shipton Road between Loweswater Road and Rawcliffe Lane.
York Council expects to send developers back to the drawing board over their proposals for the city's Barbican Centre.
Accrington Stanley got back to the drawing board for the third time in as many games.
An arm's-length waste-management board rejected the plan and sent the industry back to the drawing board.
The crew suddenly lost their stroke oar to eligibility issues, and Erickson was back to the drawing board to find a line-up.

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