reinvent the wheel

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reinvent the wheel

Fig. to make unnecessary or redundant preparations. You don't need to reinvent the wheel. Read up on what others have done. I don't have to reinvent the wheel, but I will be cautious before I act.

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Most people involved with project management don't want to reinvent the wheel because the wheel works well enough; and it would waste precious time, dollars, and effort doing the reinvention. Two sides of reinventing the wheel by Turk, Wayne / Defense AT & L Why do we always have to reinvent the wheel, in this case the Post Bank? Letter: Reinventing the wheel with bank by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Tom Bidley of Coal Action Network said: "Most of the communities opposing these applications are doing so in isolation and each is having to reinvent the wheel. Call to stop opencast mines threat by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			register as register for register in register on register with regress to regular regular as clockwork regular fixture regular guy rehearse for reign reign over reimburse reimburse for reimburse to rein rein back on rein in rein up reinforce with reins reinstate reinstate as reinstate in reinvent the wheel reissue to reject out of hand rejoice rejoice at rejoice in rejoice over relapse into relate to related to relation relative to relax relax hold on relax into relay to release release from release to relegate to reliance on relief relieve relieve of relieve one of duties relieve oneself			reinterments reinterpret reinterpretation reinterpretations reinterpreted reinterpreting reinterprets reinterred reinterring Reinterrogate reinters Reinthrone Reinthronize reintroduce reintroduce Reintroduced Reintroduced reintroduces reintroduces reintroducing reintroducing reintroduction reintroduction reintroductions reintroductions reintubation REINV reinvent reinvent reinvent reinvent the wheel Reinvent Your Identity reinvented Reinvented Complaint Process reinvented the wheel reinventing Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee Reinventing government Reinventing Government-2 Reinventing the Steel Reinventing the wheel Reinventing the wheel Reinvention Reinvention for Innovative Technologies Reinvention Impact Center Reinvention Laboratory reinventions reinvents reinvents the wheel Reinverting Operating Lens System reinvest reinvest reinvest reinvest with reinvested reinvested reinvested Reinvested Dividends Reinvestigate Reinvestigate Reinvestimento

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