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

Square One Sentence Examples

  • Now they were back to square one.

  • She stared at him, digesting the idea that they were back to square one.

  • For every Pulp Fiction, Gattaca and dangerous liaisons there is a Batman & Robin or Avengers that drags her back to square one.

  • Do you want a square one or a rectangular one?

  • It is okay to go back to square one and start over with introducing the two cats to one another.

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Words Starting With

SSQSQU

Words Ending With

ENEONE

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