SQUARE ONE


Meaning of SQUARE ONE in English

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

[ 1955-60; alluding to board games in which a player is penalized by being forced to return to the starting point ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .