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blaze a trail
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to be the first to do something new, so others can follow
Often 'blaze a trail for someone/something' or 'a trailblazer'. 'Blaze the trail' is also common. The image is marking a path through a forest.
In context
Vietnamese chefs abroad are blazing a trail for local ingredients.
Her research blazed a trail in marine biology twenty years ago.
More idioms about travel
- a bumpy ridea difficult period with many problems
- a change of scenerytime in a new place that makes you feel fresh and different
- a flying visita very short visit
- a fork in the roada point where you must choose between two different paths or decisions
- a home away from homea place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own home