from scratch
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) From the beginning; starting with no advantage or prior preparation.
- There were so many errors in the program that the programmer decided to rewrite it from scratch.
- When the writer finished writing his book, it was stolen and now he has to rewrite it from scratch.
- He had no money and no rich friends, so he had to build his business from scratch.
- 1980, Cosmos, Carl Sagan
- If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
- (idiomatic) From basic materials or raw ingredients.
- She said she wanted to build a new house from scratch.
- He was out of pancake mix so he had to make the batter from scratch.
- 2002, The New Yorker
- He sat there Friday night and built an entire model ship from scratch.
- French: à partir de zéro, de zéro
- German: von Grund auf, von neuem, von der Pike auf
- Italian: da capo, di sana pianta, dall'inizio, dal nulla, ex novo
- Portuguese: do nada, do zero
- Russian: с чи́стого листа́
- Spanish: desde cero, de cero, ex novo
- Italian: dal nulla
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