to start over
283
2.5
- phrasal verb
- /stɑrt ˈoʊvər/
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- He lost everything in the fire and had to start over from scratch.
- start over again
- start all over
- back and start over
When you mess up, start over, start over right away.
- When you mess up, start over, start over right away.
- I was, in fact, I was starting over with new possibilities.
- And then we've I started over pretty much with like everything.
- So we just had nothing, you know, had to start over from scratch.
- And so now I'm just trying to essentially start over with my brand.
- If you're starting over, would you rather be an agent or a lender?
- And now this next couple months will be about starting over again.
- I don't have the time or the energy to start over.
- Slow down, start over, slow down, start over, slow down, start over.
Examples
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Knowing what I know now, if I could start over today, would I still blink?
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We need to start over.
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So it's like I wanted to start over and get my own stuff.
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I guess we can stop and start over if you would like.
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I just want to start over.
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Maybe we should... just start completely over.
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I'll just start over again.
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We're going to have to start over, I told him, defeated.
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I'd have to start all over again.
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A recent revelation made him feel as though he were starting all over again as a son.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
461
1.0
Do something one more time after you fail
107
2.9
To set something back to its original state
94
3.7
Start again after a pause, often a relationship or activity
85
2.3
Start something again after it stops or is interrupted
47
2.1
Do something again to fix mistakes or make it better
37
4.3
To bring back something that stopped or was lost
33
5.1
Make a feeling or interest strong again
26
3.6
Begin again without bringing past problems
15
4.6
To make an interest, feeling, or activity start again after it stopped
12
4.3
To start again after a failure
9
4.2
Start again from the beginning when a plan or idea fails
8
5.0
To start fresh by forgetting past mistakes and problems
7
3.9
To start something again after it stops or after you change it
6
5.0
To try again after a failure, especially when you feel afraid
4
4.0
Begin being involved again after a break
4
2.7
Do something again after it fails or is interrupted
3
2.9
Repeat a test or experiment to check the results
1
5.9
To start a process or system again after it stopped
To begin a plan or project again from the start after a failure
Do something new and not worry about past mistakes
To try again to do something after failing
Try again to do something after failing
Antonyms
How Fresh
- Informal
8
5.0
283
2.5
- Informal
26
3.6
670
3.1
∞
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to begin again' is directly derivable from combining 'start' (to begin) with 'over' (indicating repetition or doing something again). This verb+particle pattern is common and mirrors equivalent constructions in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrasal verb start over shows a simple image: you start doing something, then go over to the beginning again, like erasing a page and writing from scratch. So it means 'to begin again from the very beginning'.