BACK TO SQUARE ONE


Meaning of BACK TO SQUARE ONE in English

a return to the situation you were in at the beginning of a project, task, etc., because you have made no real progress :

If this suggestion isn't accepted, we'll be back to square one.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.