square one

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noun

a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.

Origin:
1955–60; alluding to board games in which a player is penalized by being forced to return to the starting point

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square one
noun
the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail; "the police are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men"; "she has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one"

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