Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “back to/at square one“ and its meaning is “to go back to the beginning (after making no progress); to start all over again; start over”.
Example Sentence: The Congress in Kerala is facing what is perhaps its worst political crisis in recent times. The party is beset with organisational challenges and appears to lack a strategy to confront the ruling CPI(M)-led coalition… There was a glimmer of hope when the Congress Central leadership replaced both the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly and the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president shortly after the party’s humiliating defeat in the 2021 Assembly polls. However, the party is back to square one now. Internal conflicts have only been intensifying despite the party not being in power.
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Courtesy: The Hindu
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