Definitions for square one
square one

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1. square onenoun

   the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail

   "the police are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men"; "she has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one"

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1. square onenoun

   the place where one begins; a lack of progress

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1. Square One

   Square One is a song by American musician Tom Petty and is the second track on his 2006 album, Highway Companion. The song was originally released in September 2005 as part of the soundtrack for the film Elizabethtown. In December 2005, it was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in the Grammy Awards of 2006.

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1. square one

   Square one generally refers to the starting point or initial position of a process or action. It is often used in the context of needing to start over again from the beginning.

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1. square one

   Song lyrics by square one -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by square one on the Lyrics.com website.

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How to pronounce square one?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say square one in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of square one in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of square one in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of square one in a Sentence

1. Theresa May:

   If the proposal were to go back to square one and negotiate a new deal, that would mean a much longer extension – almost certainly requiring the United Kingdom to participate in the European Parliament elections in May, the idea of the British people going to the polls to elect MEPs three years after voting to leave the EU hardly bears thinking about. There could be no more potent symbol of parliament's collective political failure.

2. Jake Olson:

   I went into playing football with the mentality that I had nothing to lose, either I'm gonna learn how to play this position and participate, or I'm not gonna learn how to play and be back at square one just watching it. I really had no fear.

3. MaricrisDrouaillet:

   It's already four months and we feel that we are in square one.

4. Mark Neavyn:

   When we see these people in the emergency department and they claim to have taken Molly, we don't pay attention to that word anymore. It's so commonly not MDMA, we just start from square one and say it's some sort of drug abuse.

5. Paolo Brügger:

   A lot of people are asking themselves now, ‘Is this going to be like this every year — when we get into the cold season, we have a new variant, and we are back to square one?’.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=square one
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Square_One
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_One
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com