reinvent the wheel

verb
/ˌɹiːɪnˌvɛnt ðə ˈ(h)wiːl/US

Definitions

  1. To do work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others

    To do work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others; to attempt to devise a solution to a problem when a solution already exists.

    • The trading of information so that people need not reinvent the wheel.

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Vish — recursive loop

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