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back to square one

Fig. back to the beginning. (As with a board game.) Negotiations have broken down, and it's back to square one. We lost our appeal of the lower court decision, so back to square one.

See also: back, one, square

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I am now back to square one with everything in the downstairs of my property ruined. A question of floods; Your Say by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) I hope that the council will give due consideration to this, if and when the new revamp takes place, and not move the same people back in, otherwise things will be back to square one in no time at all. Let's not have a revamp replay by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Byline: Matthew Bruun FITCHBURG - It's back to square one in the effort to redevelop a major downtown intersection. Try, try again as redevelopment plan flops by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)			awkward as a cow on a crutch awkwardness axe babe babe in arms babe in the woods baby babysit for bach back and fill back and forth back away back East back in circulation back in harness back in the game back in the saddle back into a corner back of the beyond back on feet back on track back oneself into a corner back the wrong horse back to basics back to earth back to square one back to the drawing board back to the salt mines back-order backfire on backhanded backhanded compliment backing and filling backroom backseat backseat driver backside backward bacon bad bad blood bad excuse is better than none bad hair day Bad money drives out good Bad news travels fast bad penny bad penny always turns up bad times bad-mouth badger badger into			Back to Education Allowance Scheme Back to Education Initiative Back to Fitness Back to Front Back To Jerusalem Back to Keyboard Back to Life Without Interruptions Back to Methuselah Back to Methuselah by Back to Mom's Back to Nature Back to Normal Back to Office Back To One publications Back to Paradise Beach Back to Paul Back to Reality Back to school Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Back to School Day Back to School Lunch Back to School Night Back to School Program Back to Sleep Campaign back to square one Back to the Basics Back to the Bay Back to the Bible back to the drawing board back to the drawing board Back to the Floor Back to the Future Back to the Future ...the Video Games Online Back to the Grindstone Back To The Past Back To The Planet Back to the Point Back to the roots back to the salt mines Back to the Street Back To The Top Back to the Universe Back to Top Back to Topic Back to Wall Back to Work Back to Work Agreement Back to Work Allowance Back to Work Allowance Scheme Back to Work Bonus

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