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Taking something apart to prove you meant to fix it all along.
means To thoroughly dismantle, inspect, and repair something, rebuilding it to work better than before.
from A sailing term from the 1600s: to 'haul over' meant to loosen a ship's rigging by hauling the ropes in the opposite direction, slackening them for inspection or adjustment. From there it came to mean overtaking a ship by gaining on its rigging — and eventually, examining something thoroughly to repair it, the sense that stuck on dry land.
- original meaning
- sailors hauling ropes loose to inspect them
- nautical origin
- to overhaul meant catching up with another ship
- corporate cousin
- restructuring, but with better PR and worse coffee
- honest translation
- we broke it slower this time