start with a clean slate: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    Globalneutralinformal
    • To begin again without reference to past errors, problems, or commitments; to make a fresh start.

    Examples

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    • After the conflict, the team agreed to start with a clean slate and focus on future goals.

      After the conflict, the team agreed to begin again without reference to past errors.

    • The company offered the employee a chance to start with a clean slate following the misunderstanding.

      The company offered the employee a chance to make a fresh start without considering past mistakes.

    • It's important to start with a clean slate when joining a new department to avoid biases.

      It's important to begin anew without past commitments when joining a new department.

  • 2.

    Globalneutralformal
    • To treat a person or situation as if there is no prior record or history of wrongdoing, allowing the person to start anew without past repercussions.

    Examples

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    • After the scandal, the politician tried to start with a clean slate by engaging in community work.

      After the scandal, the politician tried to be treated as if there was no prior wrongdoing.

    • The school gave students a chance to start with a clean slate at the beginning of the year.

      The school allowed students to be treated without regard to past problems, allowing a fresh start.

    • If you want forgiveness, sometimes you have to prove you deserve to start with a clean slate.

      If you want forgiveness, sometimes you have to prove you deserve to be treated without past repercussions.

Examples:

  • EN: First of all .. We're going to start with a clean slate, see.
    ES: En primer lugar haremos borrón y cuenta nueva.
  • EN: We must start with a clean slate.
    ES: Debemos partir de cero.
  • EN: I urge you to start with a clean slate and release me immediately.
    ES: Le ruego que empiece de cero y me libere de inmediato.
  • EN: You better find some place and lie low and start with a clean slate.
    ES: Busca un lugar, ocúltate y empieza una nueva vida.
  • EN: I'll start with a clean slate
    ES: Empezaré una vida nueva.
  • EN: Hey, Bill, listen, why don't we sit down and... and start with a clean slate, man?
    ES: Eh, Bill, escuche, ¿por qué no nos sentamos... y empezamos de cero, colega?
  • EN: won't be long but you must start with a clean slate don't play the field and bait Harumatsu like a fox only one night
    ES: Lo antes posible. Ahora sólo te pido un poco de tranquilidad... que trabajes con ganas y que no pagues tus penas con Harumatsu. Una sola noche.
  • EN: You're still grounded, but we'll start with a clean slate tomorrow.
    ES: Mañana hablaremos, mucho más tranquilos.
  • EN: In my class, we start with a clean slate.
    ES: ¿A quién le importa si reprobaste la clase de conducción una vez?
  • EN: He goes away, then you start with a clean slate.
    ES: Cuando él desaparezca, puedes empezar de nuevo.
  • EN: I just wish I could start with a clean slate.
    ES: Ojalá pudiera empezar de nuevo.
  • EN: We'll start with a clean slate tomorrow.
    ES: Mañana empezaremos de cero.
  • EN: If you really wanna change the future, start with a clean slate.
    ES: Si quieres cambiar el futuro, haz borrón y cuenta nueva.
  • EN: - We start with a clean slate.
    ES: - Borrón y cuenta nueva. Sí.
  • EN: You know, she just wants to start with a clean slate.
    ES: Quiere que él empiece una nueva vida.
  • EN: First of all .. We're going to start with a clean slate, see.
    ES: En primer lugar haremos borrón y cuenta nueva.

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