square one

The very first stage of something; the initial starting point. (Especially in the phrase "back to square one.") We'll have to start again at square one if the government pulls our funding on this project. Yet another relationship down the tubes. I guess I'm back to square one yet again!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hein	HIEN	Dutch
Silvester	sil-VES-tər (English)	Dutch, English, Slovene, Slovak, German, Late Roman
Alene	-	English
AytaÇ	-	Turkish
Dariya	DAH-ree-yah	Ukrainian
Bartosz	BAHR-tawsh	Polish