ALL meanings of back to square one
back to square one
B b - phrase back to square one If you are back to square one, you have to start dealing with something from the beginning again because the way you were dealing with it has failed. 3
- noun back to square one indicating a return to the starting point of an investigation, experiment, etc, because of failure, lack of progress, etc 3
- adjective back to square one (Idiomatic) Located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure. 0
- adverb back to square one (Idiomatic) Back to the start, as after a dead-end or failure. 0