- 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. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
take\ the\ floor
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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 — 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
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
