start over

phrasal verb

started over; starting over; starts over

chiefly US

: to begin doing something again

I'm sorry, but you'll have to start over (again).

She saw her divorce as an opportunity to start (her life) over.

: to begin to happen again

In the spring, the eggs hatch, and the cycle starts (all) over (again).

Examples of start over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That might be because 1) if Freud is to be believed, maternal conflicts are lifelong and basically insoluble, and 2), each of the four chapters starts over with new characters and does not exactly build on the story that precedes it. —

Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2024 The result of Friday’s meeting was to back up the process a month or two and start over, according to officials with knowledge of the proceeding. —

Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024 July’s moving, very funny book is at once buoyant about the possibilities of starting over and clear-eyed about its costs. —

The New Yorker, 12 June 2024 This helps triggers the domino effect and the whole thing starts over for a few seconds. —

Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for start over

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