Usually means: Returning to the starting point.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word back to square one:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. back to square one: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. back to square one: Collins English Dictionary
  3. back to square one: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. back to square one: Wiktionary
  5. Back to Square One (film), Back to square one: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Back To Square One: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  7. Back to square one: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. Back to square one: World Wide Words

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Back to square one: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Back to square one: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. back to square one: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Back to square one: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (back to square one)

adjective:  (idiomatic) Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.
adverb:  (idiomatic) Back to the start, as after a dead end or failure.

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