start with a clean slate

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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.

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But Sir Christopher believes that key measures must be passed into law by Parliament, and last night said that it was "very important" that this was done before the election to allow the new generation of MPs arriving at Westminster to start with a clean slate. Critics attack Brown over expenses reform by Independent Television News Limited (ITN) By radically changing your putting grip, your brain will need to reprogram all of its circuits and will start with a clean slate. Putting Yips - How to Get Rid of Them ! by Brad Myers / Sports and fitness community There have been no clashes in training or anything like that so I don't see why Aiden can't start with a clean slate. THEY'VE BURIED THE HATCHET; PARKHEAD LATEST Caddis says bust-up is ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			starry-eyed stars in eyes start start as start back start for start from start from scratch start in start in on start off start off as start off from some place start off on the wrong foot start on start out start out as start out at an amount of money start out with start over start something start up start up with start with start with a bang start with a clean slate starter startle out of starve starve for starve for some food starve into starve out of some place stash stash away stash in state state of mind state of the art state-of-the-art station station at stave stave in stave off stay stay abreast of stay after stay at stay at some place stay back			Start the Adventure in Reading start the ball rolling start the ball rolling start the ball rolling start the ball rolling start the ball rolling Start the Clock start time Start to Crate Start to Start Start Today Achieving Results start tongues wagging START Tracking And Reporting System Start Transmission Start Treaties start up start up start up start up start up start up Start Up / Shut Down Start Up Companies Start Up Company Start Up Dispute Resolution Policy Start Up Protection System start up with START User's Group start with start with a bang start with a clean slate Start with the Child Start Your Business Start Your Own Business Start Your Own Non-Profit Organization Start Your Path Start, Steer, Stop Start, Taxi, Takeoff Start-Control Device Start-Of-Message Character Start-Of-Run start-off Start-Restart Actuator Start-Stop start-stop multivibrator start-stop printing telegraph Start-stop system Start-Time Fair Queuing start-to-leak pressure start-up start-up start-up Start-Up 2000 Start-Up 2000 Start-Up 2000 Start-Up and Accelerated Recruitment Team Start-up Built-In-Test Start-up companies Start-up company Start-up company Start-up company

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