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.

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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 See All Example Sentences for 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 30 Jun. 2025.

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