Synonyms for clean slate
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sleyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : sleɪt |
Définition of clean slate
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French esclate, fem. of esclat "split piece, splinter" (Modern French éclat; see slat), so called because the rock splits easily into thin plates. As an adjective, 1510s. As a color, first recorded 1813. Sense of "a writing tablet" (made of slate), first recorded late 14c., led to that of "list of preliminary candidates prepared by party managers," first recorded 1842, from notion of being easily altered or erased. Clean slate (1856) is an image from customer accounts chalked up in a tavern.
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- Those were his very words, and you, I suppose, are the clean slate.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- If he could get a clean slate by a week from Monday, say, he might still be of some use to the team.
- Extract from : « Full-Back Foster » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- "And we were hunting for a clean slate," I suggested satirically.
- Extract from : « Wanted: A Cook » by Alan Dale
- As the reader knows, the Americans had no clean slate on which to write at Panama.
- Extract from : « The Panama Canal » by J. Saxon Mills
- "You see, hon, I want to have a clean slate," he went on rather lamely.
- Extract from : « The Sheriff of Badger » by George B. Pattullo
- They were lucky to get through the first half with a clean slate.
- Extract from : « Rough-Hewn » by Dorothy Canfield
- "It's to be a clean slate, my girl," he said, looking down at her.
- Extract from : « Shadows of Flames » by Amelie Rives
- They expected him to take all the responsibility and give them a clean slate!
- Extract from : « Tutt and Mr. Tutt » by Arthur Train
- It had to be a clean slate for the folks back home, and especially for Jerry.
- Extract from : « Love Stories » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He is an American crook with a clean slate, so far as this side is concerned.
- Extract from : « Tales of Chinatown » by Sax Rohmer
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