a clean slate

if you are given a clean slate, you can start something again, and all of the problems caused by you or other people in the past will be forgotten The company's debts have been paid so that the new manager can start with a clean slate.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ÉImhear	EE-mur	Irish, Irish Mythology
Lasse	LAHS-se (Danish, Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Sabriyya	-	Arabic
Alston	['ɔ:lstən]
AnĐElka	-	Croatian
Ahern	[ə'hɜ:n]