take the floor
take the floor
1. To begin to or prepare to formally speak to or address an assembled group, often by standing or walking to a lectern. The board members took the floor one after another to give their thoughts on the restructuring plan for the company. We need you to take the floor and express the concerns of our department.
2. To enter onto the dance floor to dance. And now the final couple will take the floor to compete in the dance contest finale.
See also: floor, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
take the floor
1. 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.
See also: floor, take
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
take the floor
Rise to speak formally to an assembled group, as in After that long introduction, the treasurer took the floor. This idiom uses floor in the sense of "right to speak," in turn derived from its meaning as the part of the legislature from which members address the group. [c. 1800]
See also: floor, take
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
take the floor
1 begin to dance on a dance floor. 2 speak in a debate or assembly.See also: floor, take
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
ˌtake the ˈfloor
1 stand up to talk in a debate, etc: Next, the chairman asked the treasurer, Ms Jones, to take the floor.
2 begin dancing: A few couples took the floor.
See also: floor, take
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
take the floor
To rise to deliver a formal speech, as to an assembly.
See also: floor, take
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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