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see FROM SCRATCH.
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Phrase(s): start from scratch to start from the very beginning; to start from nothing. • Whenever I bake a cake, I start from scratch. I never use a cake mix in a box. • I built every bit of my own house. I started from scratch and did everything with my own hands.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs