start from scratch

/stɑːrt frʌm skrætʃ/

noun B1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. empezar de cero

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

clean slate

clean slate and start from scratch are close synonyms, both meaning to begin again with nothing carried over, largely interchangeable.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa start from scratch?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The fire destroyed everything, so they started from ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a start from scratch?

noun

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