In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BACKTRACKING
Verb
backtracking
present participle of backtrack
Noun
backtracking (countable and uncountable, plural backtrackings)
(countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
(aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
(computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
Anagrams
• backing track
Source: Wiktionary
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