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wipe the slate clean (Anglophile); back to the drawing board (Taras); start with a clean slate (start (off) with a clean slate and start (over) with a clean slate. Fig. to start out again afresh; to ignore the past and start over again. I plowed under all last year's flowers so I could start with a clean slate next spring. If I start off with a clean slate, then I'll know exactly what each plant is. When Bob got out of jail, he started over with a clean slate. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 Alexander Demidov); turn over a new leaf (Пособие "" Tayafenix); make that fresh start (z484z); start with a blank sheet (of paper felog); start square again (Wakeful dormouse) |
