🗓️ Idiom: Break New Ground (PhV)
💬 Meaning
- Do something innovative or original.
- Start a new project, idea, or method that has not been done before.
🧠 Example Sentences
- The company broke new ground with its eco-friendly packaging design.
- Her research breaks new ground in cancer treatment.
- We’re breaking new ground by entering international markets for the first time.
🏛️ Origin
The idiom comes from farming and construction. To “break ground” means to dig or plough land for the first time to build or grow something. Over time, it came to describe starting any new or innovative effort.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
The startup aims to ____________ with its AI-powered customer service tools.
Answer
break new ground
2. Choose the best meaning of “break new ground”:
a) Repeat a known process
b) Begin something original
c) End a project early
Answer
b) Begin something original
3. Change the sentence using “break new ground”:
“The team started a completely new kind of project in digital marketing.”
Answer
The team broke new ground in digital marketing.
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