from square one

Then they have to start from square one again.

So we already had a relationship and a rapport established, which benefited this project so much because we weren't starting from square one.

They simply insisted that their new map restarted the entire legal process, erasing the court’s past analysis and forcing it to begin again from square one.

“This will contaminate the bait, repel ants from it, and you will be starting from square one,” she said.

Now I’m learning about my body’s limits from square one.