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Meaning of build a better mousetrap | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To create a new product, method, or idea that is better than an existing version of something already common or widely used.

idiomatic

Examples

“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson”

“Of all the inventors to obtain patents, only a few have really built a better mousetrap.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

build a bridge and get over it build a case build bridges build castles in the air build character build down