Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
OUTFOX
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
(verb) beat through cleverness and wit; “I beat the traffic”; “She outfoxed her competitors”
outfox
(verb) outdo someone in trickery
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
outfox (third-person singular simple present outfoxes, present participle outfoxing, simple past and past participle outfoxed)
(transitive) to beat in a competition of wits
Synonyms
• outguess, outsmart, outwit
Source: Wiktionary
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