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back to square one in Tagalog

balik sa umpisa

back to square one in Tagalog: balik sa umpisa. In English, back to square one means located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.

Tagalog words for back to square one

located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure
balik sa umpisa

English meaning of back to square one

  1. adjective Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.
  2. adverb Back to the start, as after a dead end or failure.

Full definition of back to square one

back to square one in a sentence

  • After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we are back to square one.
  • After spending six hours on the intake we realized that there was nothing wrong with it, so we went back to square one.

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Questions about back to square one in Tagalog

What is the meaning of back to square one in Tagalog?
Back to square one in Tagalog is balik sa umpisa.
Ano ang back to square one sa Tagalog?
Back to square one: balik sa umpisa.
What does back to square one mean in English?
Back to square one means located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: back to square one (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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