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reinvent the wheel
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Idioms and Phrases
Do something again, from the beginning, especially in a needless or inefficient effort, as in School committees need not reinvent the wheel every time they try to improve the curriculum . This expression alludes to the invention of a simple but very important device that requires no improvement. [Second half of 1900s]Advertisement
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