start from scratch

“I start from scratch,” the 53-year-old said.

"We had to start from scratch a little bit because tennis was not as popular here, but the fans now bring the banners and know the momentum shifts. The environment has been amazing."

Ruiz: Seeing my parents, who migrated to this country, come from nothing and start from scratch ties into that idea too.

“You need to start from scratch with the basics and tune out all the noise,” Murdoch said.

I can only imagine the deep oddity, as a litigator, of having the court essentially say, “Precedent, shmecedent, let’s start from scratch and ignore all that.”