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proverb
Others reap the advantages after a first mover absorbs the loss of a first-mover disadvantage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Referring to a mousetrap with cheese as bait: after a mouse is captured in it, another mouse is able to take the cheese.
