The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HIGHTAIL
hightail, high-tail
(verb) retreat at full speed; “The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
hightail (third-person singular simple present hightails, present participle hightailing, simple past and past participle hightailed); usually with it; see hightail it.
(usually, transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat.
Synonyms
• (move quickly): skedaddle
Source: Wiktionary
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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