start from scratch

idiom

: 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.

Examples of start from scratch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So, this year, instead of testing the Islanders’ connections, Casa Amor is basically giving them all an opportunity to start from scratch. —Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 June 2025

But Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has since promised to start from scratch and remake the recommendations to match his convictions about how Americans should be eating. —Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025

The considerable reach of iHeart means that new shows don’t have to start from scratch to find an audience, which will greatly benefit talent, Abrego adds. —Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 June 2025

As a result, any new litigation over Trump's potential foreign profits during his second term would start from scratch, with no Supreme Court precedent to guide future cases. —Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025

Rhymes for start from scratch

• attach
• bycatch
• despatch
• detach
• dispatch
• mismatch
• nuthatch
• potlatch
• toothache
• bache
• batch
• brach