the floor
the floor
The right or opportunity to speak in a group, especially at a formal event or gathering. Please, Dr. Dunstaple, your colleague has the floor. You'll have the opportunity to reply when he has finished speaking. Let's give someone else the floor for a bit, shall we? You've had plenty of time to give your opinion.
See also: floor
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*floor
Fig. the exclusive right to address the audience. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; hold ~; grant someone~.) When I get the floor, I'll make a short speech. The last time you had the floor, you talked for an hour.
floor someone
to surprise and astound someone. His brashness simply floored me!
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- have the floor
- get the floor
- bun
- bun fight
- able to make (something)
- able to make an event
- With whom do you wish to speak?
- potential
- potential formal date
- PFD