- take the floor
- take the floor1. Fig. to stand up and address the audience. •
When I take the floor, I'll make a short speech.
•The last time you had the floor, you talked for an hour.
2. Fig. to go to the dance floor in order to dance. •They took the floor for the foxtrot.
•When the band played, everyone took the floor.
* * *{v. phr.} To get up and make a speech in a meeting. * /The audience became very attentive the moment the president took the floor./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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take the floor — {v. phr.} To get up and make a speech in a meeting. * /The audience became very attentive the moment the president took the floor./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take the floor — Start talking or giving a speech to a group … The small dictionary of idiomes
take the floor — verb 1. stand up to dance (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑arise, ↑rise, ↑uprise, ↑get up, ↑stand up • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. rise in or … Useful english dictionary
take the floor — have/take the floor ► MEETINGS to have the right to speak or to start to speak in a meeting: »Excuse me, I have the floor and have the right to be listened to. Main Entry: ↑floor … Financial and business terms
take the floor — Start talking or giving a speech to a group (Dorking School Dictionary) *** When someone takes the floor, they rise to make a speech or presentation. When I take the floor, my speech will be short. he said … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take the floor — take the right to speak … English contemporary dictionary
take\ the\ floor — v. phr. To get up and make a speech in a meeting. The audience became very attentive the moment the president took the floor … Словарь американских идиом
take the floor — phrasal to rise (as in a meeting or a legislative assembly) to make a formal address … New Collegiate Dictionary
take the floor — idi to arise to address a meeting … From formal English to slang
have/take the floor — ► MEETINGS to have the right to speak or to start to speak in a meeting: »Excuse me, I have the floor and have the right to be listened to. Main Entry: ↑floor … Financial and business terms
