Everyday English
a clean slate
a fresh beginning
A clean slate is a fresh beginning without the problems or obligations of the past.
Hear it in real life
Are you still angry about what happened?
No, I want us to start with a clean slate.
Moving to a new city felt like a clean slate for me.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I want to wipe a clean slate.
Say: I want to start with a clean slate.
Use "start with" or "begin with" this expression; "wipe a clean slate" is not the standard collocation.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
start with a clean slate; give someone a clean slate
Your turn: say it out loud
Moving to a new city felt like a clean slate for me.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a clean slate
a fresh beginning
“Moving to a new city felt like a clean slate for me.”
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