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单词 to wipe the slate clean
释义

to wipe the slate clean

phrase
If you wipe the slate clean, you decide to forget previous mistakes, failures, or debts and to start again.
Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?
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Examples of 'to wipe the slate clean' in a sentence
to wipe the slate clean

Like others, the star seized the opportunity to wipe the slate clean.
The Sun (2011)
They must never be allowed to wipe the slate clean.
The Sun (2012)
I want to wipe the slate clean and be completely faithful from now on.
The Sun (2008)
I want to wipe the slate clean and be faithful.
The Sun (2009)
A chance to start fresh, to wipe the slate clean, to clear the record.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You're feeling more positive - and that makes you determined to wipe the slate clean and start again.
The Sun (2015)
He called on investors to 'wipe the slate clean of accident-prone objectives and substitute new pay proposals'.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He tells me he has to have a sleep between shows on matinée days 'to wipe the slate clean', otherwise he loses his place.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
A gentleman's agreement to wipe the slate clean once the government or minister has changed assumes, wrongly, that everyone has done their best.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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