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from scratch
Idioms and Phrases
From the very beginning, from the outset; from nothing. For example, I knew we'd have a problem from scratch . Similarly, to start from scratch means “to start from the very beginning,” as in After the business failed, they decided to reorganize and start from scratch . This term comes from racing, where a competitor starts from the line scratched into the ground (whereas others may start ahead with a handicap). [Mid-1800s] Also see from the ground up ; from the word go .Example Sentences
I have no desire to make Pop-Tarts or a 3 Musketeers bar from scratch, either.
“It entailed the two of them educating each other in the art of songwriting and doing so from scratch,” Leslie writes.
I remember the first time I made spaghetti sauce from scratch, long before I understood ratios or had any true sense of technique.
But Gridless now plans an ambitious next move - to build their own hydro-plants from scratch to mine for bitcoin and bring electricity to rural areas.
One group of architects is trying to create an online catalogue of home build designs for residents who don’t want to start from scratch.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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