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started with a clean slate

started with a clean slate is the simple past and past participle of start with a clean slate.

Meaning of start with a clean slate

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.

Questions about started with a clean slate

What is started with a clean slate the simple past and past participle of?
Started with a clean slate is the simple past and past participle of start with a clean slate.

Words near started with a clean slate in the dictionary

  1. started the ball rolling
  2. started up
  3. started up on
  4. started with a clean sheet
  5. started with a clean sheet of paper
  6. started with a clean slate
  7. starter
  8. starter batteries
  9. starter battery
  10. starter bra
  11. starter bras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: started with a clean slate (page history and authors); start with a clean slate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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