English Reference

Idiom

turn the page

Meaning

To move on to new involvements or activities; to make a fresh start.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“It is time to turn the page and start fresh.”

“After the difficult breakup, she decided it was finally time to turn the page and focus on her own goals.”

“Having spent years dwelling on past failures, he resolved to turn the page and embrace the opportunities that lay ahead in his new career.”

Examples

simple

“It is time to turn the page and start fresh.”

contextual

“After the difficult breakup, she decided it was finally time to turn the page and focus on her own goals.”

complex

“Having spent years dwelling on past failures, he resolved to turn the page and embrace the opportunities that lay ahead in his new career.”

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