starting over
Back to zero
Starting over means beginning again from the beginning, usually after a failure, ending, or major life change.
The phrase implies abandoning previous progress and returning to square one: After the divorce, she moved across the country to start over.
It can apply to relationships, careers, creative projects, or life itself.
Starting over carries both the weight of loss and the possibility of fresh opportunity.
- clean slateRecord wiped clear
- blank canvasUntouched painting surface
- phoenixSelf-immolating, regenerating bird
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
- tabula rasaUnmarked mental starting point
back to basics · from scratch · ground zero · beginning · new chapter · new leaf · clean break · reset · square one · rebirth · resumption · regeneration · moving on · renewal · mulligan · turning the page · redoing · closure
- fresh startnew beginning, clean slate, reset, new chapter, new leaf
- reinventionnew beginning, clean slate, new chapter, second chance, new leaf
- backtrackingretreat, retracing steps, undoing, turning back, doubling back
- Starting from scratchblank slate, clean slate, ground zero, tabula rasa, genesis
- New Year's resolutionsI pledge, clean slate, new chapter, from now on, never again
- movingmoving, moving truck, move out, move in, movers
starting overcontinuing
Going on without stopping
carrying on · pressing on · moving forward · building on · persisting
starting overfinishing
Bringing to completion
completing · wrapping up · concluding · ending · finalizing
starting overpersevering
Maintaining effort despite difficulty
sticking with it · doubling down · recommitting · enduring · weathering the storm
over, start, started, starting, starter, restart, starters, restarting, unstarted