do something from scratch

from scratch

From the beginning and entirely without the aid of something that is already prepared or in existence. Refers to making something, usually food, from the raw or base ingredients or components. She doesn't have time to make cupcakes from scratch, so I'm sure they're from a box. My template got deleted so now I have to craft the whole report from scratch. If you want some real from scratch cooking, try Jesse's Café—it's as close to homemade as it gets.
See also: scratch
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do something from ˈscratch

do something from the beginning, not using any work done earlier: The fire destroyed all the plans. Now we’ll have to start again from scratch.
See also: scratch, something
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