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turn over a new leaf
- To begin anew; to change one's ways: 鈥淪ince he was grounded, Larry has turned over a new leaf and does his homework every night.鈥
Idioms and Phrases
Make a fresh start, change one's conduct or attitude for the better, as in He promised the teacher he would turn over a new leaf and behave himself in class . This expression alludes to turning the page of a book to a new page. [Early 1500s]Example Sentences
Daniel says that agents like Alberto 鈥 who fell into gangs and crime at a vulnerable age in the US, but are willing to turn over a new leaf in Mexico 鈥 are among his most trusted employees.
鈥淚鈥檓 tired of being controversial. I鈥檓 trying to turn over a new leaf. It is way too soon to be doing jokes about a catastrophe like that.鈥
鈥淭his is not someone who deserves a break; he has turned every opportunity to turn over a new leaf into a new opportunity to break the law and defy law enforcement. He did not simply walk away and forget to check in with his probation officer,鈥 Spitzer said.
鈥淚鈥檓 hoping we turn over a new leaf,鈥 said Ira Max, a 72-year-old season ticket holder for 45 years from Wyckoff, New Jersey.
After Trump commuted his sentence, Weinstein pledged to turn over a new leaf in a video message to his supporters posted online by a local publication, The Lakewood Scoop.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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