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Back to square one

adjective

Definitions

1.adjectiveLocated back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.
"After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we are back to square one."
2.adverbBack to the start, as after a dead end or failure.
"After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we went back to square one."

Synonyms

dead-endflat on one's backagroundunbeginningbackwardzero-basedstuck in the mudstaticdead on arrivaldown and outdead on the vinedead last
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