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What does from scratch mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word from scratch? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic) From the beginning; starting with no advantage or prior preparation.
  2. (idiomatic) From basic materials or raw ingredients.
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Douglas has suffered goodness knows how many strokes and almost had to learn speech and ambulatory skills over from scratch.
The two of them wrote the show from scratch, ensured they got all the best lines and threw in deft ad-libs as required.
This is their chance to start from scratch, find their level and accept a few home truths.
It looks like they may have to start from scratch and it could set the opening back more than a year.
The most reliable way to sanitize a computer is to wipe the hard disk clean and then reinstall its operating system from scratch.
There were difficulties in having qualifications recognised and for many it was a case of starting from scratch on arrival.

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