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.
FLOGGED
FLOG
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod; “The teacher often flogged the students”; “The children were severely trounced”
cane, flog, lambaste, lambast
(verb) beat with a cane
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
flogged
simple past tense and past participle of flog
Source: Wiktionary
FLOG
Flog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Flogging.] Etym: [Cf. Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L. flagellare to whip. Cf. Flagellate.]
Definition: To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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