turn the page

turn the page

To make a transition to something else, especially a more positive period after a negative one; to move on. After a stressful and chaotic tenure at that firm, I'm excited to turn the page and start in this new position. I think we can turn the page on this discussion, Joe. There's nothing left we need to linger over.
See also: page, turn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

turn the page

If someone or something turns the page, they make a fresh start after a period of difficulties and troubles. Shareholders at the company's annual meeting will be looking for signs that the troubled company really does mean to turn the page. We can play much better, but today I believe we turned the page. Compare with turn over a new leaf.
See also: page, turn
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • the calm after a storm
  • laugh about
  • laugh about (something)
  • after a storm comes a calm
  • after the storm comes a calm
  • calm
  • put somebody through it
  • put (one) through it
  • put (one) under the cosh
  • bear the burden (of something)
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It was one of the hardest workouts of my life, I was sore for days, but it was well worth it,” said Lindy Swatzell, coach at Turn The Page Online Marketing.
I am standing because I believe I am the best candidate who can turn the page and start a new chapter."
This is because in our lands, politics requires us to turn the page and move forward, and avoid even more tragedy.
For more on Leeanne and new species, turn the page!
The Furies are fast, Apollo's back, and you just won't wait to turn the page! Unknowingly duped by a Thalia look-alike, lovesick Apollo returns to Olympus to await his beloved's return.
Patricia Elam creates an immediate and lasting connection with the reader through thought-provoking characters, seamless transitions and a plot that makes you eager to turn the page. Combining a vivid array of depth and emotion, her story questions the limits of the sisterhood between middle-aged friends, Norma and Moxie, and the families they find so difficult to love.
Mr Di Maria said: "I took up playing the sax five years ago but found it frustrating playing along to a CD and at the same time trying to turn the pages of sheet music.
Daniel's sad story emerges gradually, and readers will eagerly turn the pages to discover what happens next.
As you turn the pages, you feel as if you are sneaking a peek at the master at work, or eavesdropping on a conversation with the not-just-folks folks who would stop in to visit him in his Long island studio.
A serious, small-town novel brimming with gut-wrenching pathos that irresistibly compels the reader to turn the pages.
While I truly believe that the majority in this wonderful country does not want to impose its will upon others, I am compelled as I turn the pages of your publication to shake my head in disbelief at your spoton, no-holds-barred reporting of the insanity that is the Religious Right.
If you're interested in the science titles, you might want to visit the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, where you can turn the pages of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal.
As you turn the pages of this sumptuous book you learn to appreciate that basic universal principles like generosity of spirit, humanity, proportions and composition drive his work and invariably give rise to outstanding buildings.
Is it possible for me to turn the pages of "Woman in Amber" without a deeply ingrained bias?
As young readers turn the pages they discover how they, like Arnold, get angry, stay angry, the impact that anger has on other people, and how they can can deal with and overcome anger.