fare tabula rasa

English translation: to wipe a clean slate

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Italian term or phrase:fare tabula rasa
English translation:to wipe a clean slate
Entered by: Lisa Jane

18:17 Dec 8, 2020
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
Italian term or phrase: fare tabula rasa
Frase che esprime un assoluto cambiamento rispetto al passato:
La pandemia ha fatto tabula rasa -

grazie mille
saradiflo
Italy
to wipe a clean slate
Explanation:
usual expression

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Note added at 16 hrs (2020-12-09 11:07:11 GMT)
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eg: The pandemic has wiped the slate clean

https://www.wordreference.com/enit/wipe the slate clean
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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 15:54
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2create a blank slate
Michele Fauble
4 +1to wipe a clean slate
Lisa Jane
4has levelled the playing field / has made a clean sweep
Cillie Swart


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to wipe a clean slate


Explanation:
usual expression

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Note added at 16 hrs (2020-12-09 11:07:11 GMT)
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eg: The pandemic has wiped the slate clean

https://www.wordreference.com/enit/wipe the slate clean

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 15:54
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agree  Rosanna Palermo: wiped the slate clean; it's an idiomatic expression. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/wipe-...
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
has levelled the playing field / has made a clean sweep


Explanation:
tabula rasa means clean slate. depends very much on the specific context.


    https://www.linguee.com/english-italian/search?source=auto&query=tabula+rasa
Cillie Swart
South Africa
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1 day 13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
create a blank slate


Explanation:
Tabula rasa (Latin: "scraped tablet," though often translated "blank slate")
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/tabula_rasa


Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 06:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  philgoddard
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agree  Marina O'Toole
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