"start afresh" meaning in All languages combined

See start afresh on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: starts afresh [present, singular, third-person], starting afresh [participle, present], started afresh [participle, past], started afresh [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} start afresh (third-person singular simple present starts afresh, present participle starting afresh, simple past and past participle started afresh)
  1. To start or restart doing something from the beginning or with a clean sheet. Translations (restart from the beginning): 重新開始 (Chinese Mandarin), 重新开始 (chóngxīn kāishǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), aloittaa alusta (Finnish), reprendre à zéro (French)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "restart from the beginning",
          "word": "重新開始"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chóngxīn kāishǐ",
          "sense": "restart from the beginning",
          "word": "重新开始"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "restart from the beginning",
          "word": "aloittaa alusta"
        },
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          "sense": "restart from the beginning",
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        }
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      "word": "aloittaa alusta"
    },
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    }
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}

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