start over
US UK start afresh— phrasal verb with start uk/stɑːt/us/stɑːrt/verb
to begin to do something again, sometimes in a different way:
We decided to abandon the first draft of the report and start over.
The agreement allows old expectations to be forgotten and everyone can start afresh.
More examples
- This is full of errors - I'm going to have to start over.
- If you make a mistake, you have to start over.
- Can I make these few corrections or do I have to start over?
- I'm looking forward to starting afresh in a new town with a new job.
- A new house gives you the chance to start afresh.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting again
- back
- back to square one idiom
- continue
- get back to sth
- go
- go back to sth
- go on
- pick
- pick sth up
- pick up on sth
- pick up the thread(s) idiom
- pick sth up
- reborn
- recreation
- renew
- reopen
- restart
- resumption
- start
- with the slate wiped clean idiom
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