start (off) with a clean slate
- start (off) with a clean slate
start (off) with a clean slate & start (over) with a clean slate
Fig. to start out again afresh; to ignore the past and start over again. •
I plowed under all last year's flowers so I could start with a clean slate next spring.
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If I start off with a clean slate, then I'll know exactly what each plant is.
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When Bob got out of jail, he started over with a clean slate.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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