to start with a clean slate
1clean slate — If you start something with a clean slate, then nothing bad from your past is taken into account …
2clean slate — noun an opportunity to start over without prejudice (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fresh start, ↑tabula rasa • Hypernyms: ↑opportunity, ↑chance * * * phrasal : a record unblemished by discreditable acts or measures …
3clean slate — If you start something with a clean slate, then nothing bad from your past is taken into account. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** A clean slate is a record of your work or actions that does not show past mistakes and allows you to make …
4Clean Slate Program — The Clean Slate Program is an interdisciplinary research program at Stanford University which aims to consider how the internet would be redesigned with a Clean Slate . Its Program Director is Nick McKeown. Program outline It is based on the… …
5Clean slate — If you start something with a clean slate, then nothing bad from your past is taken into account …
6(a) clean slate — if you are given a clean slate, you can start something again, and all of the problems caused by you or other people in the past will be forgotten. The company s debts have been paid so that the new manager can start with a clean slate …
7Clean Slate (1994 film) — This article is about the 1994 film. For other uses, see Clean Slate (disambiguation). Clean Slate Theatrical release poster Directed by Mick Jac …
8a clean slate — A fresh start • • • Main Entry: ↑clean a clean slate see under ↑clean • • • Main Entry: ↑slate * * * 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 …
9clean — clean1 [ klin ] adjective *** ▸ 1 not dirty ▸ 2 not guilty/illegal/wrong ▸ 3 smooth/regular/neat ▸ 4 light and fresh ▸ 5 without writing/errors ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) not dirty: Go and put on a clean shirt. nice clean towels spotlessly clean:… …
10slate — [[t]sle͟ɪt[/t]] slates, slating, slated 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N n Slate is a dark grey rock that can be easily split into thin layers. Slate is often used for covering roofs. ... a stone built cottage, with a traditional slate roof. 2) N COUNT A… …
