start over with a clean slate

start over with a clean slate

To start (something) again with a fresh beginning, especially unencumbered by mistakes or regrets from the past. After that fiasco in Texas, I'm looking forward to starting over with a clean slate in Oregon. Things got so screwed up with the project that we had to scrap it about halfway through and start over again with a clean slate.
See also: clean, over, slate, start
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • start (off) with a clean slate
  • start with a clean slate
  • a clean sheet
  • a clean sheet/slate
  • clean sheet
  • clean slate
  • free bird
  • if you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything
  • to err is human
  • divine