wipe the slate clean

to forget all past problems or mistakes and start something again Rogers hoped he could wipe the slate clean and forget about his failed business.

Usage notes: also used in the form have a clean slate: She wanted to have a clean slate to start with.

see under clean slate.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Connie	KAHN-ee	English
Meginfrid	-	Ancient Germanic
Nanuq	-	Native American, Inuit
Bernard	['bə:nəd]
Brook	[bruk]
Jehoiachin	-	Biblical