back to the drawing board »
Back to the beginning following an unsuccessful attempt.
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bank night »
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
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draw the short straw »
To select the shortest straw or other object while drawing straws.
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drawing near »
approaching
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go back to the drawing board »
To start again; to scrap a previous idea or plan and try again from the beginning.
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rule out »
To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
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strike through »
Partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.
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take up »
That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
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