After the system crashed, we were back to square one with our project
The negotiations failed, and now we're back to square one
My attempt to fix the car didn't work, so I'm back to square one
She realized her calculations were wrong and had to go back to square one
The detective's lead turned out to be false, putting him back to square one
After the startup failed, the entrepreneurs found themselves back to square one
The gardener's efforts were destroyed by the storm, forcing them back to square one
He spent hours debugging, only to discover a mistake that sent him back to square one
The team's strategy didn't pan out, so they had to go back to square one
When her plan for the party fell through, she was back to square one
The plan failed, we are back to square one.
That's incredibly frustrating, I thought we had it.
Me too. We need to rethink everything now.
Our failed experiment sent us back to square one
We have to restart the entire project from the beginning
The setback forced us to begin anew