Idiom
start with a clean sheet of paper
Meaning
Synonym of start with a clean sheet.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I made too many mistakes, so I started with a clean sheet of paper.”
“The project was a mess, so we decided to delete the files and start with a clean sheet of paper.”
“Realizing that their previous strategy was fundamentally flawed, the team chose to abandon their progress and start with a clean sheet of paper.”
Examples
simple
“I made too many mistakes, so I started with a clean sheet of paper.”
contextual
“The project was a mess, so we decided to delete the files and start with a clean sheet of paper.”
complex
“Realizing that their previous strategy was fundamentally flawed, the team chose to abandon their progress and start with a clean sheet of paper.”
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