go by the board

Meaning

1. to be rejected or ignored; to be no longer possible

   All her efforts to be polite went by the board and she started to shout.

In the movies · 10

• I'll go to the Board of Appeals.Predestination2014
• Wow. Okay. That goes on the board.tick, tick... BOOM!2021
• ...informing me that you are to go before the board of directors at the college.Victor Frankenstein2015
• How'd the Go board get knocked over?Knives Out2019
• I think the bottom line is they gotta go back to the drawing board.Too Big to Fail2011
• 'Try it out. Go down and check the board.Two-Lane Blacktop1971
• Well, I'm going to meet with your board tomorrow and suggest a reduction in the emerging artist exhibit.Velvet Buzzsaw2019
• -What are you talking about? -That's the number we go back to the board with, 223.Bad Education2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Knives Out2019
  • Police Question the Thrombeys
  • Blanc Introduces Himself to the Family
  • The Family Recounts Party Night
• Bad Education2019
  • Frank Reassures an Angry Parent
  • Rachel Interviews School Officials
  • Bob Spicer Gives the School a Gift

From the same entry

• across the board
• on board
• take on board
• sweep the board
• board out
• board up