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Go back to the drawing board
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
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."
Synonyms
start with a clean slate
start with a clean sheet
start afresh
resketch
reboot
throw back
rescribble
scrap
recoct
take the back track
wipe the slate clean
retake
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