REINVENT THE WHEEL Definition & Meaning

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]

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Democrats do not need to reinvent the wheel this time.

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“We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel or anything like that.”

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“Third album, you know, it’s like, How do you reinspire yourself? How do you reinvent the wheel? How do you keep it fresh? But it just didn’t end up shaking out that way.”

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“My spouse and I decided to get married on a whim. We decided to have a tiny ceremony and celebrations on a Saturday, and then have a banger with all our local friends on the following Sunday. So we asked: Why reinvent the wheel? Why not just go where many of our friends already will be, or will want to be? Subsuelo Sunday.”

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When the Englishman, who had been the side's defensive specialist since 2016, took on the job from his former boss Schmidt after the 2019 World Cup, there was no abrupt attempt to reinvent the wheel.

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