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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But lawmakers want to reinvent the wheel as mass transit in the six-county region faces a looming fiscal cliff, something that happens a lot across the Land of Lincoln whenever money is in the mix.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
Yet the taxpayer pays again at the state level for agencies to reinvent the wheel and use subjective measures to decide assess risk.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Don't try to reinvent the wheel every week, and especially not during a busy season of life.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
Plot-wise, North of North isn’t exactly out to reinvent the wheel.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
Yet the taxpayer pays again at the state level for agencies to reinvent the wheel and use subjective measures to decide assess risk.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Don't try to reinvent the wheel every week, and especially not during a busy season of life.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
Plot-wise, North of North isn’t exactly out to reinvent the wheel.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reinvent the wheel
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“Reinvent the wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinvent%20the%20wheel. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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