Everyday English
press the reset button
make a fresh start
To make a fresh start after a difficult period or major change.
Hear it in real life
Are you going to stay in that job?
No, I think it is time to press the reset button.
After a stressful month, I took a few days off to press the reset button.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: After the move, I pressed the reset button to my life.
Say: After the move, I pressed the reset button on my life.
Use “on” with “the reset button” to introduce the area you want to change.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
press the reset button; press the reset button on a relationship; pressed the reset button
Your turn: say it out loud
After a stressful month, I took a few days off to press the reset button.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
press the reset button
make a fresh start
“After a stressful month, I took a few days off to press the reset button.”
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