Usually means: Doing something completely unnecessary.
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  1. carry coals to newcastle: Merriam-Webster
  2. Carry coals to newcastle: Wordnik
  3. carry coals to Newcastle: Wiktionary
  4. carry coals to Newcastle: Dictionary.com
  5. carry coals to newcastle: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Carry coals to Newcastle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. Carry coals to Newcastle: Phrase Finder

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  1. carry coals to Newcastle: Idioms

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verb:  (idiomatic) To do something that is unneeded or redundant.

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