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from scratch
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from the very beginning, without using anything that already exists
Usually 'start from scratch' or 'build/make something from scratch'. No article before 'scratch'.
In context
I lost my essay file, so I had to write it from scratch.
She learned Korean from scratch in two years.
Common mistake
Incorrect: We had to start from the scratch.
Correct: We had to start from scratch.
More idioms about study
- a bookworma person who loves reading and reads a lot
- a bright sparksaid ironically about someone whose clever idea was actually silly
- a closed booka subject that you do not understand or know anything about
- a crash coursea short course that teaches a lot in a very short time
- a dab hand at somethingvery good at a particular skill or activity