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There are three widely reported suggestions as to the origin of this phrase: BBC sports commentaries, Board Games like snakes and ladders and playground games like hopscotch.

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Q: Where did the term 'back to square one' come from?
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Make back to square one in a sentence?

Henry is back to square one in doing his homework.


What is square one?

Square one is a term we apply to "the first step" in a process, activity or something that is sequenced. Square one is the beginning. The start. The launch point. If, in a process that is stepped along toward completion, a major disaster forces a total halt to the activity because it simply cannot continue along on the current line, those involved may be forced to "go back to square one" and start over to get the project through to completion.


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