SQUARE ONE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail

Example:

she has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("square one" is a kind of...):

situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)

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