take the floor

take the floor
verb
1. stand up to dance (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms: ↑arise, ↑rise, ↑uprise, ↑get up, ↑stand up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

2. rise in order to make a speech or motion
• Entailment: ↑address, ↑speak
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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phrasal
1. : to rise (as in a meeting or a legislative assembly) to make a more or less formal address, to make a motion, or for some similar purpose
2. : to stand up to dance

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take the floor
1. To rise to address a meeting
2. To take part in a dance
3. To begin a performance
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Main Entry: ↑floor

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1) begin to dance on a dance floor
2) speak in a debate or assembly

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take the floor
1 : to begin speaking at a public meeting

After Senator Smith was finished addressing the assembly, Senator White took the floor.

2 : to go out onto a dance floor to begin dancing

Several couples took the floor.

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Main Entry: ↑floor

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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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 — {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 — 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

  • 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 — 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

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