Complete Definition of "build a better mousetrap"

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Etymology
A shortening of build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Verb
build a better mousetrap
#idiom To invent the next great thing; to have a better idea.
#:Of all the inventors to obtain patents, only a few have really built a better mousetrap.

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