Start from scratch
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4To start entirely from the beginning
शुरुआत से शुरू करना
After the file was lost, Radhika had to start her project from scratch.
They built the business from scratch.
Daily use: Laptop kharab hone ke baad Radhika ne notes start from scratch banaye.
एक race सोचिए जिसकी starting line ज़मीन पर खींची एक लकीर (scratch) है। Start from scratch यानी ठीक उसी लकीर से, बिल्कुल शुरुआत से शुरू करना।
Picture a race whose starting line is just a line scratched on the ground. Whoever starts from scratch begins right at that line, with nothing in hand. So, to start from scratch is to begin entirely from the beginning.
Answer है 'to start entirely from the beginning'। Options में इसके क़रीब 'from square one', 'from the ground up' आते हैं।
Answer: 'to start entirely from the beginning'. Close options: 'from square one', 'from the ground up'.