start from scratch
Meaning: If you start from scratch, you begin something from the very beginning without using anything else as a starting point.
For example:
- Our website is terrible, so we should get rid of it altogether and start again from scratch.
- I was being interviewed for a radio show, but the guy forgot to turn on the recorder. He realised after about ten minutes, so we had to start again from scratch.
Quick Quiz:
Julio had to start his book again from scratch because
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