back to square one
If you are back to square one, you have to start working on a plan from the beginning because your previous attempt failed completely:
If this doesn't work we're back to square one.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting again
- back
- continue
- get back to sth
- go
- go back to sth
- go on
- pick
- pick sth up
- pick up on sth
- pick up the pieces idiom
- pick sth up
- reborn
- recreation
- renew
- reopen
- restart
- resume
- start
- start over
- with the slate wiped clean idiom
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