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View synonyms for square one

square one

noun

  1. a starting point; initial stage or step:

    If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of square one1

First recorded in 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 of oppositionsquare one's shoulders