stand on the shoulders of giants

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stand on the shoulders of giants

To make discoveries, insights, or progress due to the discoveries or previous work of great minds that have come before. Though this is indeed an exciting discovery toward curing cancer, we have stood on the shoulders of giants to reach this point today.

See also: giant, of, on, shoulder, stand

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ziba (2)	-	Biblical
Lara (1)	LAHR-ə (English), LAH-rah (German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)	Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
Sallie	['sæli]
Cash	KASH	English
JosemarÍA	-	Spanish
Aiken	['eikin]