break\ new\ ground

break\ new\ ground
v. phr.
1. To start a new activity previously neglected by others; do pioneering work.

Albert Einstein broke new ground with his theory of relativity.

2. To begin something never done before.

The school broke new ground with reading lessons that taught students to guess the meaning of new words.


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