"start with a clean slate" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-start with a clean slate.ogg [Australia] Forms: starts with a clean slate [present, singular, third-person], starting with a clean slate [participle, present], started with a clean slate [participle, past], started with a clean slate [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} start with a clean slate (third-person singular simple present starts with a clean slate, present participle starting with a clean slate, simple past and past participle started with a clean slate)
  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of start with a clean sheet Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: start with a clean sheet
    Sense id: en-start_with_a_clean_slate-en-verb-peCGgxL8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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