blaze a trail

Idioms  

1. Find a new path or method; begin a new undertaking. For example, His research blazed a trail for new kinds of gene therapy. This expression was first used literally in the 18th century for the practice of marking a forest trail by making blazes, that is, marking trees with notches or chips in the bark. [Late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

And how did he blaze a trail to become one Britain's first Asian MPs?

From BBC

But, through attending college, she is excited to blaze a trail in a new career.

From Seattle Times

“I hope I can kind of blaze a trail for them to one day say, hey, because Josh Sims did it, I can do it, too. And that’s what’s important.”

From Seattle Times

When will Santos blaze a trail to join her?

From Slate

"I think there's an opportunity for someone to really blaze a trail and we would welcome them wholeheartedly with the skills they have got from that playing career provided they have got the other skills they need to be successful."

From BBC