blaze a trail
blaze a trail
Meaning | Synonyms
- to find a new method/technique
- to lead the way
- to set a trend
- to explore something new
- to pursue a line of research that points the way to great discoveries
- to do something that was never done before
Example Sentences
American scientists blazed a trail for preventing Coronavirus in 2020.
- The medical college has blazed a trail in developing new techniques for treating diabetes.
She had gained a large number of followers by blazing a trail.
- Carl mostly follows the trail that others blazed.
- SpaceX is blazing a trail by sending humans on Mars.
Origin
The literal usage of the idiom can be traced back since the late 18th century for the practice of creating a new trail in the forest by marking trees with notches and cuts in the bark.
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