Square one
Square one noun - The situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail.
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Synonyms for Square one
Well and square one are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Well" instead a noun phrase "Square one".
Well
Well noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.
Usage example: his quirkily dysfunctional family proved to be a bottomless well of inspiration for the novelist
Square one and well are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Square one" instead a noun "Well".
Nearby Word: welled
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Well, since Superman was rebooted this means Supergirl had to start from square one too.
Source: Comicbook / Supergirl -
Square One TV featured, among other things, a bunch of music videos by well-known artists about math.
Source: "Sesame Street" Cred -
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Consciously averted with the Seers of the Throne; the Seers are not the Technocracy, and they're painted as the Bad Guys from square one.
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