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reinvent the wheel

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(jargon)reinvent the wheel - To design or implement a tool equivalent to an existing one or part of one, with the implication that doing so is silly or a waste of time. This is often a valid criticism. On the other hand, automobiles don't use wooden rollers, and some kinds of wheel have to be reinvented many times before you get them right. On the third hand, people reinventing the wheel do tend to come up with the moral equivalent of a trapezoid with an offset axle.


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``We're not going to reinvent the wheel,'' he said.
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Individuals who repeatedly come up with new tactics, those who try to reinvent the wheel and more often than not succeed, are at best inspirational, and at worst downright irritating.
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After 40 years of development performed in Finland and Sweden, Aspin says it is not necessary for Canada to reinvent the wheel.
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