start over with a clean slate



start over with a clean slate

To start (something) again with a fresh beginning, especially unencumbered by mistakes or regrets from the past. After that fiasco in Texas, I'm looking forward to starting over with a clean slate in Oregon. Things got so screwed up with the project that we had to scrap it about halfway through and start over again with a clean slate.
See also: clean, slate, start

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rebekkare-BE-kah (German), RE-bek-kah (Finnish)German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Biblical Greek
Iustina-Late Roman
Irakliy-Russian
WynWINWelsh
PrimrosePRIM-rozEnglish (Rare)
PorschePAWR-shəEnglish (Modern)