back to square one

Speech parts

1. back to square one - Adjective

2. back to square one - Adverb

3. back to square one - Phrase

Meaning

back to square one (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Located 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.

back to square one (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Back 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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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