back to square one

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von back to square one im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

(deyim) sil baştan

(deyim) Silbaştan

Başlanılan noktaya geri. ... "We were forced to go back to square öne in our efforts to change the name of the company."

Relevante Übersetzungen

be back to square one

silbaştan başlamak

be back to square one

çabaları boşa gitmek

be back to square one

başa dönmek

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von back to square one im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure

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

Back to the start, as after a dead-end or failure

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

Back to where one started. "We were forced to go back to square one in our efforts to change the name of the company."

(deyim) Back to the beginning

(deyim) If you are back to square one, you have to start working on a plan from the beginning because your previous attempt failed and the progress you made is now wasted

(Informal) starting all over again at the beginning of the process

Türkische aussprache

bäk tı skwer hwʌn

Aussprache

/ˈbak tə ˈskwer ˈhwən/ /ˈbæk tə ˈskwɛr ˈhwʌn/

Etymologie

() According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the phrase most likely originated from children's games such as hopscotch and snakes and ladders. The earliest recorded use of it in print is from a 1952 edition of the Economic Journal.