The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
UNDERWENT
UNDERGO
undergo
(verb) pass through; “The chemical undergoes a sudden change”; “The fluid undergoes shear”; “undergo a strange sensation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
underwent
simple past tense of undergo
Anagrams
• went under
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*went",
Definition: imp. of Undergo.
UNDERGO
Un`der*go", v. t. [imp. Underwent; p. p. Undergone; p. pr. & vb. n. Undergoing.] Etym: [AS. undergan. See Under, and Go.]
1. To go or move below or under. [Obs.]
2. To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion. Certain to undergo like doom. Milton.
3. To be the bearer of; to possess. [Obs.] Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo. Shak.
4. To undertake; to engage in; to hazard. [Obs.] I have moved already Some certain of the noblest-minded Romans To undergo with me an enterprise. Shak.
5. To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [Obs.] Claudio undergoes my challenge. 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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