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Standing Shoulders Giants Phrase Means Understanding Gained Major

Phrase/Idiom standing on the shoulders of giants
Definition This phrase means to use the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before in order to make intellectual progress.
Example Standing on the shoulders of giants, she discovered a new formula.

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