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View definitions for wipe the slate clean

wipe the slate clean

phrase as in exonerate

phrase as in go back to square one

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But a Treasury spokesperson said the Budgetary measures were to "wipe the slate clean" and deliver stability to businesses.

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The Guardian suggests she will tell business leaders that they have offered "no alternative" to her plans, and that it was necessary to "wipe the slate clean" following the General Election.

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"This is the Budget that is needed to wipe the slate clean and to put our public finances on a firm trajectory," she said.

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This Budget will “wipe the slate clean on the fiscal fiction” of the previous government, sources suggest to me.

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I didn’t start out as strong but I’m getting better, so I think we might need to wipe the slate clean and start over.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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