turn over a new leaf

Speech parts

1. turn over a new leaf - Verb

2. turn over a new leaf - Phrase

Meaning

turn over a new leaf (third-person singular simple present turns over a new leaf, present participle turning over a new leaf, simple past and past participle turned over a new leaf)

(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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

move on turn the page start with a clean sheet

Antonyms

break bad

Examples

I turn over a new leaf every day," I said. "But the blots show through. Keith Waterhouse

I'll turn over a new leaf. Miguel de Cervantes

But going beyond the personal, perhaps, it’s also a decade to turn over a new leaf with collective pledges for the benefit of the very planet we inhabit. Source: Internet

Since leaving Bayview, Claire has seemed to turn over a new leaf. Source: Internet

It is time to turn over a new leaf. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

turn over a new leaf

Close letter words and terms

turn out to be useless turn out well turn over turn over in one's grave turn over in one's mind turn over in your mind