back to square one

listen to the pronunciation of back to square one
Английский Язык - Турецкий язык
(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."

Связанные Термины

be back to square one
silbaştan başlamak
be back to square one
çabaları boşa gitmek
be back to square one
başa dönmek
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
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
back to square one

    Турецкое произношение

    bäk tı skwer hwʌn

    Произношение

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

    Этимология

    () 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.
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