from scratch

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   from the very beginning, not using any of the work done earlier

   No, I gotta start over from scratch.

   We may need to start from scratch.

In the movies · 8

• We may need to start from scratch.How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming2019
• No, I gotta start over from scratch.The Mist2007
• No, no, this is great! This is... I don't have to start from scratch now.Thor2011
• Build them from scratch.We Are Your Friends2015
• We'll have to start from scratch.Brexit: The Uncivil War2019
• We'll start from scratch. Word for word.Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire2009
• Let's start from scratch. Clear the board.Apollo 131995
• We'd have to start all over again from scratch.We Are Marshall2006

Learn it in full scenes

• The Mist2007
  • The Mist Reaches the Store
  • David Argues With His Neighbor
  • David Argues the Mist Is Real

From the same entry

• scratch your head
• scratch the surface
• you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
• scratch about
• scratch out
• up to scratch

More idioms

• behind the scenes
• lend a hand
• ups and downs
• by far
• in over your head
• i bet
• a step at a time
• feel sick
• the good old days
• day after day
• have your hands full
• for nothing