from nothing.

We decided to build a newspaper pretty much from scratch.

Usage notes: often used in the form start from scratch:

Can we fix the current computer system, or would it be better to start from scratch?

• whole works
• whole world came crashing down around
• whole world came crashing down around you
• who needs
• Who needs it?
• who needs something
• Who needs them?
• whoop it up
• who's your daddy
• who would have thought
• Why break the habit of a lifetime?
• Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
• why not
• whys and the wherefores
• whys and wherefores
• follow in someone's footsteps
• follow in something's footsteps
• follow nose
• follow suit
• follow through
• follow through on
• follow through on something
• follow to the ends of the earth
• follow up
• follow up on