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.
CROSSRUFFED
Verb
crossruffed
simple past tense and past participle of crossruff
Source: Wiktionary
CROSSRUFF
Cross"ruff` (-rf`), n. (Whist)
Definition: The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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