floor



*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!
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Voss[vɔs]
Mongkut-Thai
CammieKAM-eeEnglish
Atiya-Arabic
Honza-Czech
Riad-Arabic