reinvent the wheel
idiom
informal
: to waste time trying to do something that has already been done successfully by someone else
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Neither of these glasses is trying to reinvent the wheel.
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Victoria Song, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Maybe the idea was to make bolder production choices now that the Golden Globes entity itself is under new leadership, but trying to reinvent the wheel is not working.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
After all, there was no need to reinvent the wheel.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
This Elton John cover doesn’t quite reinvent the wheel, instead content to capture just enough of his old magic.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Victoria Song, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Maybe the idea was to make bolder production choices now that the Golden Globes entity itself is under new leadership, but trying to reinvent the wheel is not working.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
After all, there was no need to reinvent the wheel.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
This Elton John cover doesn’t quite reinvent the wheel, instead content to capture just enough of his old magic.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Reinvent the wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinvent%20the%20wheel. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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