float someone's boat
float someone's boat verb: to interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.
Verb
float someone's boat (third-person singular simple present floats someone's boat, present participle floating someone's boat, simple past and past participle floated someone's boat)
- To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.
- I invited Lily to join us, but horror films don't float her boat.
- Synonyms:
- melt someone's butter, tickle someone's fancy, turn someone's crank, be someone's cup of tea, butter someone's biscuit
Synonyms of float someone's boat
- melt someone's butter
- tickle someone's fancy
- turn someone's crank
- be someone's cup of tea
- butter someone's biscuit
Forms of float someone's boat
| third-person singular present | floats someone's boat |
|---|---|
| present participle | floating someone's boat |
| past participle | floated someone's boat |
| past | floated someone's boat |
Words formed from float someone's boat
Questions about float someone's boat
- What does float someone's boat mean?
- Float someone's boat means to interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.
- What part of speech is float someone's boat?
- Float someone's boat is a verb.
- What is the past tense of float someone's boat?
- The past tense of float someone's boat is floated someone's boat.
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