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CLEAN SLATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does clean slate mean?

• CLEAN SLATE (noun)
The noun CLEAN SLATE has 1 sense:

1. an opportunity to start over without prejudice

Familiarity information: CLEAN SLATE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLEAN SLATE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An opportunity to start over without prejudice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

clean slate; fresh start; tabula rasa

Hypernyms ("clean slate" is a kind of...):

chance; opportunity (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances)

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