floated someone's boat
floated someone's boat is the simple past and past participle of float someone's boat.
Meaning of float someone's boat
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
Questions about floated someone's boat
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- Floated someone's boat is the simple past and past participle of float someone's boat.
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