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)

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

Synonyms

• bury the hatchet
• draw a sponge over the slate (obsolete)
• pass a sponge over the slate (obsolete)

Antonyms

• 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 kyankʻ 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
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• 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 vsjo sýznova), сбро́сить груз ста́рых оши́бок (sbrósitʹ gruz stáryx ošíbok)
• Spanish: hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• turn over a new leaf