The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
(verb) add details to
dramatize, dramatise
(verb) represent something in a dramatic manner; “These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today’s youth”
dramatize, dramatise, adopt
(verb) put into dramatic form; “adopt a book for a screenplay”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dramatise (third-person singular simple present dramatises, present participle dramatising, simple past and past participle dramatised)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of dramatize
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Source: Wiktionary
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.