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from scratch

1. (idiomatic) From the beginning; starting with no advantage or prior preparation.

   There were so many errors in the program that the programmer decided to rewrite it from scratch.

   When the writer finished writing his book, it was stolen and now he has to rewrite it from scratch.

   He had no money and no rich friends, so he had to build his business from scratch.

   • 1980, Carl Sagan, Cosmos:

     If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

   • 1992 October 25, Michael Stroud, “A Shakeout Looms for Taiwan's Computer Companies”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 14 October 2022, Business‎:

     The Government's most ambitious plan is to create a software industry almost from scratch. Encouraged by the success of a technology park in Hsinchu, near Taipei, planners are investing millions of dollars in a software park in Nankang, also near Taipei, to open in about three years.

   • 2006, Ioana V. Bazavan, Ian Lim, Information Security Cost Management, page 198:

     The advantages are that you may be able to build your services more quickly because you would not be starting from scratch, and you would proved a very friendly experience for your users, potentially eliminating or at least decreasing a variety of status inquiries and the possibility of missubmitting requests.

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2. (idiomatic) From basic materials or raw ingredients.

   She said she wanted to build a new house from scratch.

   He was out of pancake mix so he had to make the batter from scratch.

   • 2002, The New Yorker:

     He sat there Friday night and built an entire model ship from scratch.

   • 2019 October 23, Rail, page 21:

     "By having a research and design facility in north Derbyshire, we will once again build trains from scratch on our shores."

関連する語

• from the ground up
• scratch-built
• scratch made

参照

• “from scratch”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.