TAKE THE FLOOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take the floor mean? 

• TAKE THE FLOOR (verb)
  The verb TAKE THE FLOOR has 2 senses:

1. stand up to dance

2. rise in order to make a speech or motion

  Familiarity information: TAKE THE FLOOR used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE THE FLOOR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stand up to dance

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "take the floor" is one way to...):

arise; get up; rise; stand up; uprise (rise to one's feet)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rise in order to make a speech or motion

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

"Take the floor" entails doing...:

address; speak (give a speech to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s