start from scratch

1. see from scratch.

Example Sentences

Respiratory viruses are constantly evolving and even small differences between variants can mean the body's immune system doesn't recognise them, forcing it to start from scratch.

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Or simply pay Jarmond, let him walk, and start from scratch like you should have done two years ago at the end of the Chip Kelly era.

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For his next act, he wants to start from scratch.

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It should mean doctors can quickly look up a patient's history online rather than having to start from scratch with a new consultation, or ask for records to be emailed to them.

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As a result, governments defending gun laws are sometimes forced to start from scratch, hiring historians to build records on issues that haven’t been deeply researched.

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