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In the Loop

Start Scratch Experiment Loop Beginning Step Laboratory Failed

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Idiom START (SOMETHING) FROM SCRATCH
Definition to start from the very beginning; to start from the very first step
Examples
  1. The laboratory experiment failed for some unknown reason, so the chemist decided to start the experiment from scratch. He started over completely with new bottles of chemicals and new equipment.
  2. Karen had to throw out what she had already done. She wasn’t able to save any of it. She had to start from scratch.
Cross-Refs

Compare to: back to square one; make (something) from scratch

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