fresh start
New beginning again
A fresh start is a new beginning that leaves behind past failures, mistakes, or difficulties.
The phrase implies a clean slate—debts forgiven, records cleared, or simply a chance to try again without the weight of what came before: After the divorce, she moved across the country for a fresh start.
Bankruptcy gave him a fresh start financially.
- clean slateRecord wiped clear
- resetRestore to original state
- restartCommence anew
- turning over a new leafResolving to improve oneself
- clean breakComplete, uncomplicated severance
tabula rasa · rebirth · opportunity · renewal · new lease on life · second chance · newness · catharsis · phoenix · beginning · blank page · dawn · brand new day · reinvention · square one · do over · inspiration · January
- changechange, flux, transformation, metamorphosis, alteration
- getting startedbegin, first steps, basics, introduction, intro
- milestonesgraduation, wedding, birthday, retirement, birth
- New Year's resolutionsI pledge, clean slate, new chapter, from now on, never again
- opportunitygolden opportunity, window of opportunity, opportunity knocks, once in a lifetime, golden chance
- Personal Changereform, repent, turn over a new leaf, straighten up, improve
fresh startcontinuation
Act of proceeding further
status quo · same old same old · business as usual · carrying on · perpetuation
fresh startbaggage
Traveler's packed belongings
unfinished business · criminal record · albatross around one's neck · ball and chain
fresh startdead end
Passage without outlet
stagnation · rut · stuck in a rut · closed door · hopelessness
start, fresh, started, refresh, starting, refreshing, freshness, freshen, starter