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What is the Meaning of the Idiom
FROM SCRATCH?

Idiom-FROM SCRATCH-Edmonton English SchoolDefinition:

from the very beginning

This is often used with the verb start.

Examples:

1. I always used to use a packaged mix when I baked, but on Saturday my grandmother taught me how to make a cake and cookies from scratch.

FROM SCRATCH -English Idioms, Expressions 2. I followed the wrong instructions for my assignment.  Now I have to start the whole paper from scratch!

3. He lost everything in a fire when he was 30 years old, and he had to start over from scratch.

4. There were a lot of errors in the program. We decided it would be easier to start from scratch and rewrite everything, rather than try and correct the errors.

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