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TAKE THE FLOOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

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

Sense 2

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

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