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turn over a new leaf en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Figurative by the same metaphor as with turn the page.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To engage in self-improvement; to begin a good habit or shed a bad habit.
   • Every year he resolves to turn over a new leaf and start exercising.

Forms

Antonyms

break bad (antonym(s) of “determination to do what is wrong or destructive”)

Relateds

wipe the slate clean · get one's act together

Synonyms

start with a clean sheet · turn the page

Translations (20)

ja 心を入れ替える (to engage in self-improvement) · pl rozpocząć nowy rozdział (to engage in self-improvement) · de ein neues Leben beginnen (to engage in self-improvement) · eu orria pasa (to engage in self-improvement) · mk свртува нов лист (to engage in self-improvement) · cmn 重新做人 (to engage in self-improvement) · pl rozpoczynać nowy rozdział (to engage in self-improvement) · ru нача́ть с чи́стого листа́ (to engage in self-improvement) · fi kääntää uusi lehti (to engage in self-improvement) · cmn 棄舊圖新 /弃旧图新 (to engage in self-improvement) · cmn 放下屠刀 (to engage in self-improvement) · es pasar de página (to engage in self-improvement) · cmn 改過自新 /改过自新 (to engage in self-improvement) · da tage skeen i den anden hånd (to engage in self-improvement) · cmn 悔過自新 /悔过自新 (to engage in self-improvement) · cmn 改行自新 (to engage in self-improvement) · ru нача́ть жить по-но́вому (to engage in self-improvement) · eu orrialdeko pasatu (to engage in self-improvement) · fr tourner une nouvelle page (to engage in self-improvement) · de einen neuen Kapitel aufschlagen (to engage in self-improvement)