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square one
square onen. Informal The starting point.
[Alluding to board games with numbered squares in which a penalized player may have to return to the starting point.]square′ one′
n. the starting point; initial stage or step. [1955–60] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | square one - the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail; "the police are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men"; "she has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one"situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt |
square one
square oneThe very first stage of something; the initial starting point. (Especially in the phrase "back to square one.") We'll have to start again at square one if the government pulls our funding on this project. Yet another relationship down the tubes. I guess I'm back to square one yet again!See also: one, squaresquare one
Related to square one: Back to square oneWords related to square onenoun the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts failRelated Words- situation
- state of affairs
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