turn over a new leaf

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Fig. to begin again, fresh; to reform and begin again. (Fig. on turning to a fresh page. The leaf is a page—a fresh, clean page.) I have made a mess of my life. I'll turn over a new leaf and hope to do better. Why don't you turn over a new leaf and surprise everyone with your good characteristics?

See also: leaf, new, turn

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And after supper he talked to him about temperance and such things till the old man cried, and said he'd been a fool, and fooled away his life; but now he was a-going to turn over a new leaf and be a man nobody wouldn't be ashamed of, and he hoped the judge would help him and not look down on him. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context Besides, I want to turn over a new leaf completely now. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Godfrey didn't turn over a new leaf, he might say "Good-bye" to Miss Nancy Lammeter. Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context			turn head turn heads turn in turn in grave turn in on oneself turn inside out turn into turn king's evidence turn loose turn nose up turn nose up at turn of the century turn off turn on turn on a dime turn on heel turn on its ear turn on its head turn on the waterworks Turn on, tune in, drop out turn onto turn out turn out of turn out to be turn over turn over a new leaf turn over in mind turn over to turn some place inside out turn stomach turn tail turn the clock back turn the corner turn the heat up turn the knife turn the other cheek turn the other way turn the page turn the tables turn the tables on turn the tide turn thumbs down turn thumbs up turn to turn to advantage turn to dust turn to good account turn toward turn turtle turn under turn up			Turn On Your Mind Turn on, tune in, drop out turn one hundred and eighty degrees turn one's stomach turn one’s back on turn one’s back upon turn one’s gaze upon turn onto turn or an animal out turn out turn out turn out turn out turn out turn out turn out by industrial process turn out of turn out of doors turn out of house and home turn out of one’s way turn out of possession turn out to be turn over turn over turn over turn over turn over turn over turn over turn over turn over a new leaf turn over for safekeeping turn over in grave turn over in grave turn over in grave turn over in grave turn over in grave turn over in grave turn over in mind turn over in mind turn over in mind turn over in mind turn over in mind turn over in mind turn over in one’s mind turn over in the mind Turn over number turn over to turn over to turn piece Turn pike Turn pike Turn pikes Turn pikes Turn Point turn queen's evidence turn queen's evidence turn queen's evidence turn queen's evidence turn queen's evidence Turn Ratio

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