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square one

square one noun: the place where one begins; a lack of progress.

Noun

square one (plural not attested)

  1. (idiomatic, no plural) The place where one begins; a lack of progress.
    • We discovered that our first idea would never work, so we were back to square one.

square one meaning in Tamil

square one in Tamil

தொடக்க நிலை

Questions about square one

What does square one mean?
Square one means the place where one begins; a lack of progress.
What is square one in Tamil?
Square one in Tamil is தொடக்க நிலை. See Square one meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is square one?
Square one is a noun.

Words near square one in the dictionary

  1. square numbers
  2. square of opposition
  3. Square of Pegasus
  4. square off
  5. square on
  6. square one
  7. square one's shoulders
  8. square peg in a round hole
  9. square pegs in round holes
  10. square piano
  11. square pianos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: square one (page history and authors); square one (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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