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start with a clean slate

start with a clean slate verb: synonym of start with a clean sheet.

Verb

start with a clean slate (third-person singular simple present starts with a clean slate, present participle starting with a clean slate, simple past and past participle started with a clean slate)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of start with a clean sheet.

Synonyms of start with a clean slate

Forms of start with a clean slate

third-person singular presentstarts with a clean slate
present participlestarting with a clean slate
past participlestarted with a clean slate
paststarted with a clean slate

Questions about start with a clean slate

What does start with a clean slate mean?
Start with a clean slate means synonym of start with a clean sheet.
What part of speech is start with a clean slate?
Start with a clean slate is a verb.
What is the past tense of start with a clean slate?
The past tense of start with a clean slate is started with a clean slate.

Words near start with a clean slate in the dictionary

  1. start times
  2. start up
  3. start up on
  4. start with a clean sheet
  5. start with a clean sheet of paper
  6. start with a clean slate
  7. start-up
  8. start-ups
  9. startable
  10. startbox
  11. startboxes

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