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- From the scratch drawn in the ground serving as the starting line of a foot race. A runner “starting from scratch” received no handicap, but started at the beginning of the course.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009
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"from scratch." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2019. Web. 7 Dec. 2019. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/from-scratch_3776>.