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NOUN (1)

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

square one
    n 1: 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"