go back to square one

Fig. to return to the starting point. (Alludes to the squares of a board game.) It's back to square one. We have to start over. It looks like it's back to square one for you.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Golnaz	-	Persian
Goizeder	-	Basque
Erato	-	Greek Mythology
Nikita (2)	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi
MaŠA	-	Slovene, Croatian
Zdenka	-	Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Czech