start from scratch

idiom

: to begin from a point at which nothing has been done yet

Nothing like this had ever been done before, so we had to start from scratch.

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Fortunately, businesses don’t need to start from scratch or rely on limited off-the-shelf solutions. —

Yuriy Gnatyuk, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 If the Senate doesn't approve the deal by the end of the month, the bill dies, and both chambers would need to start from scratch in 2025. —

Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024 But any company looking to build the multibillion-dollar effort to carry Canadian crude oil to the U.S. would need to start from scratch because things like easements have been returned to landowners. —

Jarrett Renshaw, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024 Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix is off to a poor start, but looking back at arguably the franchise's greatest player shows that even legends start from scratch. —

Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for start from scratch

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