Be at square one
be at square one
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go back to square one
verb phrase
To be forced to return to one’s starting point, usually after a waste of effort; make a new beginning
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back to square one, square one
[1960+; probably fr the first or starting square of a board game; an elaborate suggestion that it refers to a British grid system for locating places on the soccer field, for radio broadcasting of games, cannot be verified]
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a city in W Pennsylvania. Historical Examples They were, as he had suspected, Yorkers, planning to make an attack on the people at Beaver Falls. Historic Events of Colonial Days Rupert S. Holland The reader has already been informed of the manner in which the Lawrenceville and Beaver Falls strikes came to an end. Homestead […]
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