english
                    
                    
                    
                        1
                           general:: 
                           Phrase(s): go back to square one  Fig. to return to the starting point. (Alludes to the squares of a board game.)  •  It’s back to square one. We have to start over.  •  It looks like it’s back to square one for you.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs