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fresh start

[/frɛʃ stɑrt/]
nounpl: fresh starts
recomeço
1. An opportunity to begin again, typically after a failure or difficult period, with the chance to improve or change one's situation
After graduating, she decided to move to a new city for a fresh start.
Após se formar, ela decidiu se mudar para uma nova cidade para um recomeço.
2. A new beginning or reset in one's life, career, relationships, or any endeavor
He went to rehabilitation to get a fresh start and turn his life around.
Ele foi para a reabilitação para ter um recomeço e mudar sua vida.
NYC Slang
clean slate / turnover
Synonyms
new beginningclean slatesecond chancenew lease on lifefresh beginning
Antonyms
continuationrepetitionstagnation

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
recomeço
Most common and widely used across Brazil
General Brazilian
novo começo
Alternative expression with similar meaning
Portugal
recomeço
Standard usage in Portuguese Portuguese
Portugal
novo princípio
More formal alternative in Portugal

Related Idioms & Phrases

turn over a new leaf
start from scratch
wipe the slate clean
get a second wind
hit the reset button
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