What does "back to the drawing board" mean?

To abandon a plan, design, or course of action because it has failed or proven inadequate and to begin planning again from the beginning.

How is "back to the drawing board" used in a sentence?

Or I could go back to the drawing board.

back to the drawing board

Meanings:

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American EnglishBritish EnglishInternationalneutralinformal
- To abandon a plan, design, or course of action because it has failed or proven inadequate and to begin planning again from the beginning.
- To return to the planning stage in order to devise a new approach after an unsuccessful attempt.
Examples
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- The prototype didn’t meet expectations, so it’s back to the drawing board for the design team.
  El prototipo no cumplió con las expectativas, así que el equipo de diseño tiene que volver a empezar.
- After the campaign failed, the marketing department went back to the drawing board to create a new strategy.
  Después de que la campaña fracasó, el departamento de marketing volvió a la mesa de dibujo para crear una nueva estrategia.
- We thought the plan was solid, but the client’s feedback forced us back to the drawing board.
  Pensábamos que el plan era sólido, pero los comentarios del cliente nos obligaron a volver a empezar.

Examples:

EN: Or I could go back to the drawing board.
ES: O podria volver al tablero de dibujo.
EN: Terrible news. It's back to the drawing board.
ES: Es terrible, hay que rehacer todo.
EN: He's just going back to the drawing board.
ES: Debería volver a sus experimentos.
EN: It's back to the drawing board, Knuckles.
ES: Volvamos al bar Nudillos.
EN: I guess it's back to the drawing board for me.
ES: Supongo que tengo que empezar de nuevo.
EN: If I did, the military went back to the drawing board.
ES: Si lo lograba, los militares regresarían a sus mesas de dibujo.
EN: So I went back to the drawing board and started calculating again... and again I got the same answer.
ES: Así que volví al tablero y volví a hacer los cálculos... y obtuve la misma respuesta.
EN: Well, back to the drawing board.
ES: Bien, volveré a hacer la "randa".
EN: You might have to go back to the drawing board.
ES: Puede que tengan que volver a diseñarlo.
EN: Oh, back to the drawing board To plan for tomorrow night.
ES: De vuelta a la mesa de dibujo para planificar todo para mañana a la noche.
EN: It was back to the drawing board.
ES: Había que volver al replantearse todo.
EN: Looks like it's back to the drawing board.
ES: Parece que es hora de volver a las pizarras.
EN: When the king told him to go back to the drawing board, Wren's normally very dry eyes are said to have filled with tears.
ES: Cuando el Rey le dijo que volviera a su mesa de dibujo, se dice que los ojos de Wren, habitualmente muy secos, se llenaron de lágrimas.
EN: I gotta go back to the drawing board
ES: Tengo que volver a la mesa de dibujo
EN: Oh, well, back to the drawing board.
ES: Bueno, de vuelta a la pizarra.

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