Square One Definition

noun
The point from which someone or something started.
Webster's New World

(idiomatic) The place where one begins; a lack of progress.

We discovered that our first idea would never work, so we were back to square one.
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Origin of Square One

  • Alluding to board games with numbered squares in which a penalized player may have to return to the starting point

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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