start over
Return to zero
To start over is to begin again from the beginning, abandoning previous progress or attempts: The file corrupted, so I had to start over.
It often implies that earlier efforts failed or proved unsatisfactory.
Starting over can apply to tasks, relationships, or entire life situations: After the divorce, she moved to Portland to start over.
- rebootCycle power intentionally
- resetRestore to original state
- retryAttempt something again
- clean slateRecord wiped clear
- mulliganUnofficial second attempt
hit reset · redo · ground zero · year zero · second chance · new beginning · new leaf · new chapter · reinitiate · tabula rasa · blank canvas · go back to the drawing board · recommence · wipe the slate clean · clean break · rebirth · back to square one · rebuild
- practice phrasespractice makes perfect, try again, once more, repeat after me, say it again
- renewalrenewal, reinvigoration, reboot, regeneration, rebirth
- re- wordsredo, repeat, replay, retry, rewind
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
- changechange, flux, transformation, metamorphosis, alteration
- relocationrelocation, transfer, relocate, resettle, move
start overcontinue
Go on without stopping
keep going · carry on · persist · proceed · press on
start overfinish
Bring to completion
complete · see it through · wrap up · finish up · follow through
over, start, started, starting, restart, starts, restarted, restarts, restarting