SQUARE ONE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) square one is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • situation (what does situation mean?)
   • state of affairs (what does state of affairs mean?)