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    From scratch
    • from the very beginning, especially without utilizing or relying on any previous work for assistance

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  3. FROM SCRATCH definition: 1. from the beginning, without using anything that already exists: 2. from the beginning, without…. Learn more.

    • Scratch

      SCRATCH definition: 1. to cut or damage a surface or your...

    • Simplified

      FROM SCRATCH translate: 从头开始,从零开始. Learn more in the...

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      SHED definition: 1. a small building, usually made of wood,...

  4. 1. : to scrape or dig with the claws or nails. 2. : to rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or jagged. 3. a. : to scrape or rub lightly (as to relieve itching) b. : to act on (a desire) used with itch.

  5. From the very beginning, from the outset; from nothing. For example, I knew we'd have a problem from scratch . Similarly, to start from scratch means “to start from the very beginning,” as in After the business failed, they decided to reorganize and start from scratch .

  6. If you do something from scratch, you do it without making use of anything that has been done before. Building a home from scratch can be both exciting and challenging. It was a firm that he had started from scratch. See full dictionary entry for scratch. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

  7. When we talk about starting something from scratch, we mean that it is being started completely anew, without any pre-existing resources or materials. This idiom can be used in a variety of contexts and has several variations.

  8. Definitions of from scratch. adverb. from the beginning, especially without relying on resources or other advantages. “he baked the torte from scratch ”. “she built her business up from scratch ”.

  9. from scratch. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English from scratch if you start something from scratch, you begin it without using anything that existed or was prepared before We had to start again from scratch.

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