The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OVERCROW
Etymology
Verb
overcrow (third-person singular simple present overcrows, present participle overcrowing, simple past and past participle overcrowed)
(obsolete, transitive) To take over.
(obsolete, transitive) To crow over, as in triumph.
Anagrams
• crow over
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*crow", v. t.
Definition: To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower. Spenser. Shak.
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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