start from scratch
phrase
: to begin from a point at which nothing has been done yet
Nothing like this had ever been done before, so we had to start from scratch.
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“Start from scratch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start%20from%20scratch. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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