wipe the slate clean

1. see under clean slate.

Example Sentences

Trump's pardons wipe the slate clean for the pair of former television stars.

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We delivered a once-in-a-Parliament budget to wipe the slate clean and deliver the stability businesses need, laying the foundations for economic growth.

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But a Treasury spokesperson said the Budgetary measures were to "wipe the slate clean" and deliver stability to businesses.

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The Guardian suggests she will tell business leaders that they have offered "no alternative" to her plans, and that it was necessary to "wipe the slate clean" following the General Election.

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"This is the Budget that is needed to wipe the slate clean and to put our public finances on a firm trajectory," she said.

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• annul 
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• kill 
• remove 
• repeal 
• rescind 
• revoke 
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