wipe the slate clean

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌwaɪp ðə sleɪt ˈkliːn/
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Verb

wipe the slate clean (third-person singular simple present wipes the slate clean, present participle wiping the slate clean, simple past and past participle wiped the slate clean)

(idiomatic) To make a fresh start, for example by forgetting about previous differences and disagreements.

Synonyms

(to make a fresh start, forgetting differences): bury the hatchet

Antonyms

(to make a fresh start, forgetting differences): hold a grudge

Related terms

clean slate

Translations

to make a fresh start, forgetting differences

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: նոր կյանք սկսել (nor kyankʿ sksel)
Bulgarian: започвам на чисто (započvam na čisto)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一筆勾銷／一笔勾销 (zh) (yībǐgōuxiāo)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: met een schone lei beginnen
Finnish: aloittaa puhtaalta pöydältä
French: passer l'éponge (fr), remettre les compteurs à zéro
German: reinen Tisch machen
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: please add this translation if you can
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Korean: please add this translation if you can
Polish: zapominać o dawnych urazach impf, zapomnieć o dawnych urazach pf
Portuguese: começar do zero
Russian: (start from the clean page) нача́ть с чи́стого листа́ (načátʹ s čístovo listá), нача́ть всё сы́знова (načátʹ vsjó sýznova), сбро́сить груз ста́рых оши́бок (sbrósitʹ gruz stáryx ošíbok)
Spanish: hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can