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Is there a term for "not wanting to do something because someone else has already done it"?

English Language & Usage Asked on May 9, 2021

For example, person A does something that person B was planning on doing, but person B does not want to do it anymore for fear of being seen as "unoriginal" (even on something not creative) or worry that someone will think you are copying that person.

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This person could use the term "beaten track" (Free Dictionary, (2)) or "beaten path" (Free Dictionary, (2)) in a number of ways.

  • I'm not one to keep to the beaten track…
  • There is better for me to do than to follow the beaten path.
  • Beaten paths are for beaten men. (Eric Johnson)

Correct answer by LPH on May 9, 2021

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