- turn over a new leaf
- REFORM, improve, mend one's ways, make a fresh start, change for the better; informal go straight.→ leaf
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phrasal: to make a radical change especially for the better in one's way of living or doingturned over a new leaf at forty and became a pillar of the church
also : to promise or attempt such a changeforever involved in scandals … and forever turning over a new leaf — Jean Stafford
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turn over a new leafTo begin a new and better course of conduct• • •Main Entry: ↑leaf* * *
turn over a new leaf phraseto change your life by starting to be a better person or stopping a bad habitHe says he’s turned over a new leaf, but I have my doubts.
Thesaurus: to change your opinion, attitudes or behavioursynonymMain entry: leaf* * *
Isee turnIIstart to act or behave in a better or more responsible way* * *
turn over a new leaf: to start behaving or living in a different and better wayI decided to turn over a new leaf and stop worrying so much.
The program helps drug addicts to turn over a new leaf when they get out of jail.
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turn over a new ˈleaf idiomto change your way of life to become a better, more responsible person
Useful english dictionary. 2012.