wipe the slate clean
idiom
: to forget all the things that have happened or been done and start doing something again : to start again from the very beginning
She wishes she could wipe the slate clean and start over in a different career.
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Here is her chance to wipe the slate clean, eliminate the Trump tariffs once and for all and reduce costs for new construction.
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Aden Barton, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
That doesn’t mean that the government must wipe the slate clean entirely.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
But in Ramose’s view, the decision to wipe the slate clean conflicted with the tenets of African philosophy and, in particular, with the notion of molato ga o bole, a Sotho proverb that holds that debts do not expire with the passage of time and can be resolved only through redress and restoration.
—Sisonke Msimang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
To put Kelce into the mix might be too much…or a way to wipe the slate clean?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2024
This is a fantastic time to wipe the slate clean and begin creating new financial habits.
—The Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2024
While the Eagles will look to wipe the slate clean and start a new win streak next week, the Jets are heading into the bye week riding high with a two-game win streak to push them to 3-3.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
Madonna employs rain as a metaphor – washing away sorrow and pain to wipe the slate clean.
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—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
But this performance could mark the final nail in the coffin for the current DC shared universe, possibly making the studio more inclined to fully wipe the slate clean and not retain any of the same actors.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 18 June 2023
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Aden Barton, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
That doesn’t mean that the government must wipe the slate clean entirely.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
But in Ramose’s view, the decision to wipe the slate clean conflicted with the tenets of African philosophy and, in particular, with the notion of molato ga o bole, a Sotho proverb that holds that debts do not expire with the passage of time and can be resolved only through redress and restoration.
—Sisonke Msimang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
To put Kelce into the mix might be too much…or a way to wipe the slate clean?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2024
This is a fantastic time to wipe the slate clean and begin creating new financial habits.
—The Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2024
While the Eagles will look to wipe the slate clean and start a new win streak next week, the Jets are heading into the bye week riding high with a two-game win streak to push them to 3-3.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
Madonna employs rain as a metaphor – washing away sorrow and pain to wipe the slate clean.
31.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
But this performance could mark the final nail in the coffin for the current DC shared universe, possibly making the studio more inclined to fully wipe the slate clean and not retain any of the same actors.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 18 June 2023
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