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SQUARE ONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail
Example:
she has tried to diet but always ends up back at square one
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("square one" is a kind of...):
situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)
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