Idiom
start (off) with a clean slate and start (over) with a clean slate
Theme: BEGINNINGS - AGAIN
to start out again afresh; to ignore the past and start over again.I plowed under all last year's flowers so I could start with a clean slate next spring.If I start off with a clean slate, then I'll know exactly what each plant is.When Bob got out of jail, he started over with a clean slate.