What is another word for start from scratch?

Pronunciation: [stˈɑːt fɹɒm skɹˈat͡ʃ] (IPA)

Starting from scratch can be a difficult undertaking, but luckily there are plenty of synonyms to use when describing the process. Some options include "begin anew," "start afresh," "commence from the beginning," "restart from square one," "reboot," and "initiate from scratch." Each of these phrases conveys the idea of starting over completely, as if the previous attempts or efforts have been abandoned. Using synonyms for "start from scratch" can add variety and depth to your writing, and help to avoid repetition in your language.

What are the hypernyms for Start from scratch?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Start from scratch

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  • It is expensive to start from scratch though.
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  • Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music.
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  • In the Napoleonic Museum in Arenenberg I was rather impressed just how richly clad in the costume of Antiquity the First Empire in fact was - dressed up even comically with its laurels and eagles and togas. Return to Rome wherever you look, though of course not to the Roman Empire - to Caesar's Rome. But the French Revolution itself had fallen back on more or less genuine or imaginary classical models: Brutus and Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus, the Gracchi, consuls and Roman virtues - even these revolutionaries couldn't resolve to start from scratch with something really new.
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