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floating someone's boat

floating someone's boat is the present participle and gerund 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)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.
    • I invited Lily to join us, but horror films don't float her boat.

Questions about floating someone's boat

What is floating someone's boat the present participle and gerund of?
Floating someone's boat is the present participle and gerund of float someone's boat.

Words near floating someone's boat in the dictionary

  1. floating ribs
  2. floating screed
  3. floating screeds
  4. floating signifier
  5. floating signifiers
  6. floating someone's boat
  7. floating tone
  8. floating tones
  9. floating vote
  10. floating voter
  11. floating voters

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