clean slate

clean slate
noun
an opportunity to start over without prejudice (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑fresh start, ↑tabula rasa
• Hypernyms: ↑opportunity, ↑chance

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phrasal
: a record unblemished by discreditable acts or measures

left a clean slate for his successor in office

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a clean slate/sheet phrase
a situation in which everything bad or wrong that you have done in the past is forgiven or forgotten, and you can make a new start
start/​begin with a clean slate/​sheet:

Firms often want to start with a clean sheet when setting up a new subsidiary.

Thesaurus: beginnings, starts and early stagessynonym
Main entry: clean

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clean slate,
a record unmarred by discreditable acts or failures: »

Once out of prison, he hoped to start life again with a clean slate.

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n. an absence of existing restraints or commitments

no government starts with a clean slate

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clean slate (also Brit clean sheet)
1 : a person's record (as from a school or a job) that shows no evidence of any problems, broken rules, etc. : a clean record

Everyone who comes to this school starts with a clean slate.

2 clean sheet Brit : a game in which the opposing team is prevented from scoring

The team's star goalie has had five clean sheets [=(US) shutouts] this season. [=has prevented the other team from scoring in five games]

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Main Entry: ↑clean
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clean slate — see ↑clean, 1
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Main Entry: ↑slate

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