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

What does square one mean in a relationship?

The idiom’back to square one’ means to come back to the starting point, even after putting in effort. You do not make any progress. You start or begin once again.

How do you use square one in a sentence?

Even skipping one treatment will set you back at square one again. Now they were back to square one . She stared at him, digesting the idea that they were back to square one . For every Pulp Fiction, Gattaca and dangerous liaisons there is a Batman & Robin or Avengers that drags her back to square one .