start over

present singular third person starts over · participle present starting over · participle past started over · past started over

1. USambitransitiveidiomaticto begin again; to return to the beginning

   I forgot to save my work, and I had to start over.

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   He had to start the game over because he lost his memory card.

   If every man in the heat falls down the first ten yards, don't stop your watch under the impression that they will "start over." They won't.

   1885, “On Timing Races”, in Outing, volume 5, page 44

   I have often heard of God referred to as the potter who gently and carefully shapes our character, but I am also aware that there are times when the potter mashes the clay and starts over.

   2010, Kathy O'Keefe, Over His Rainbow: A Single Woman's Journey to God's Promise

   The first step in my process of healing was to choose to let go and leave behind any encumbrances that would prevent me from starting over and moving ahead.

   2012, Susan Miller, After the Boxes Are Unpacked

   The typical business model relies on a line operating intensively from March or April through to September or October, before shutting down during the winter months - at which point essential repairs and maintenance can take place using income accrued during the busy summer months, ahead of the cycle starting over again.

   2020 July 1, Daniel Puddicombe, “How can heritage lines recover from enforced closures?”, in Rail, page 30