Reinvent the Wheel.
English
idiom
To waste time redoing work that already exists.
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To waste time redoing work that already exists.
Trusted by1.5M+English learners & teachers worldwide
To waste effort making something that already exists and works.
When you reinvent the wheel, you start from nothing even though a good solution is already available to copy or adapt.
It's usually said as advice, to save someone the wasted work.
"Back to Square One"
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Start over because your attempt failed
"Start From Scratch"
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Begin again from nothing, sometimes necessary
"Reinvent the Wheel"
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Redo work that already exists
I'll build a new tracker for the campaign results.
Let's not reinvent the wheel — marketing has one that already pulls the data.
I want to write my own workout plan from the beginning.
Why reinvent the wheel? Take a good plan and change what doesn't suit you.
I'm making my own moving checklist tonight.
Don't reinvent the wheel — I'll send you the one I used last spring.
