goes back to the drawing board (verb) go back to square one: start all over
Sinonime: acquit, bleach, blink at,
clear,
discharge,
exculpate,
excuse,
exempt,
exonerate,
forgive,
free, go easy on, launder, let off easy, let off the hook, let off, let up on,
liberate, lifeboat,
loose,
pardon,
release,
relieve, sanitize, set free,
spare,
spring*,
vindicate, whitewash, wink at, wipe it off, wipe the slate clean, write off
Antonime: bind,
blame,
charge,
condemn,
convict,
hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate,
punish,
sentence