- a large flat board used for holding a piece of paper while a drawing or plan is being made
- an architect’s drawing board
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See drawing board in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(go) back to the drawing board
- to start thinking about a new way of doing something after a previous plan or idea has failed
- They rejected our proposal, so it’s back to the drawing board.
on the drawing board
- being prepared or considered
- It's just one of several projects on the drawing board.
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