on (one's) slate Idiom, Proverb
A.C. Slaters
wipe one's slate clean
Idiom(s): wipe one's slate cleanTheme: FORGIVENESS
to (figuratively) erase someone's (bad) record.
• I'd like to wipe my slate clean and start all over again.
• Bob did badly in high school, but he wiped his slate clean and did a good job in college.
start off with a clean slate
Idiom(s): start (off) with a clean slate AND start (over) with a clean slateTheme: BEGINNINGS - AGAIN
to start out again afresh; to ignore the past and start over again.
• I plowed under all last year's flowers so I could start with a clean slate next spring.
• If I start off with a clean slate, then I'll know exactly what each plant is.
• When Bob got out of jail, he started over with a clean slate.
slated to
Idiom(s): slated to do sthTheme: TIME
scheduled to do something.
• John was slated to play ball Friday.
• Who is slated to work this weekend?
slated for
Idiom(s): slated for sthTheme: TIME
scheduled for something. (As if a schedule had been written on a slate.)
• John was slated for Friday's game, but he couldn't play with the team.
• Ann is slated for promotion next year.
start over with a clean slate
Idiom(s): start (off) with a clean slate AND start (over) with a clean slateTheme: BEGINNINGS - AGAIN
to start out again afresh; to ignore the past and start over again.
• I plowed under all last year's flowers so I could start with a clean slate next spring.
• If I start off with a clean slate, then I'll know exactly what each plant is.
• When Bob got out of jail, he started over with a clean slate.
Clean slate
If you start something with a clean slate, then nothing bad from your past is taken into account.clean slate|clean|slate
n. phr. A record of nothing but good conduct, without any errors or bad deeds; past acts that are all good without any bad ones. Johnny was sent to the principal for whispering. He had a clean slate so the principal did not punish him. Mary stayed after school for a week, and after that the teacher let her off with a clean slate.Compare: TURN OVER A NEW LEAF.
slated for|slated|slated to be
Going to be; planned or intended for. People think the governor is slated to be president. That subject is slated for debate at the next meeting.slate
slateIn addition to the idiom beginning with slate, also see clean slate.
on (one's) slate
1. Still to come; on one's approaching schedule. This achievement should accord a much-needed addition to the team's morale, as they accept three added acute amateur on their slate.2. old-fashioned On one's band of acclaim (as against to actuality paid for upfront). A slate was aforetime a bean book on which a customer's bill was tallied and again wiped apple-pie already the debt was paid. Primarily heard in UK. Go about to Tom Buchanan's boutique and get these constituent for supper. Tell him to aloof put it on my slate.Learn more: on, slate
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