Word.ws English Dictionary

turn over a new leaf

turn over a new leaf verb: to engage in self-improvement; to begin a good habit or shed a bad habit.

Verb

turn over a new leaf (third-person singular simple present turns over a new leaf, present participle turning over a new leaf, simple past and past participle turned over a new leaf)

  1. (idiomatic) To engage in self-improvement; to begin a good habit or shed a bad habit.
    • Every year he resolves to turn over a new leaf and start exercising.

turn over a new leaf meaning in Malayalam

turn over a new leaf in Malayalam

mend one's ways, reform, improve
ജീവിതത്തിൽ പുതിയ ഒരേടു മറിക്കുക, പുതിയ അദ്ധ്യായം തുടങ്ങുക, പുതിയ മെച്ചപ്പെട്ട ജീവിതരീതി തുടങ്ങുക, തെറ്റുതിരുത്തി നല്ലവനാകുക, രൂപാന്തരപ്പെടുക, സ്വയം നന്നാകുക

Synonyms of turn over a new leaf

Antonyms

Forms of turn over a new leaf

third-person singular presentturns over a new leaf
present participleturning over a new leaf
past participleturned over a new leaf
pastturned over a new leaf

Origin of turn over a new leaf

Figurative by the same metaphor as with turn the page.

Questions about turn over a new leaf

What does turn over a new leaf mean?
Turn over a new leaf means to engage in self-improvement; to begin a good habit or shed a bad habit.
What is turn over a new leaf in Malayalam?
Turn over a new leaf in Malayalam is ജീവിതത്തിൽ പുതിയ ഒരേടു മറിക്കുക, പുതിയ അദ്ധ്യായം തുടങ്ങുക, പുതിയ മെച്ചപ്പെട്ട ജീവിതരീതി തുടങ്ങുക. See Turn over a new leaf meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is turn over a new leaf?
Turn over a new leaf is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn over a new leaf?
The past tense of turn over a new leaf is turned over a new leaf.

Words near turn over a new leaf in the dictionary

  1. turn one's nose up
  2. turn one's world upside down
  3. turn or burn
  4. turn out
  5. turn over
  6. turn over a new leaf
  7. turn over in one's grave
  8. turn pear-shaped
  9. turn queen's evidence
  10. turn round
  11. turn rusty

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: turn over a new leaf (page history and authors); turn over a new leaf (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-turn over a new leaf.ogg.

Cite this entry: “turn over a new leaf.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/turn_over_a_new_leaf. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.