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on the floor

on the floor prepositional phrase: mounted on the floor of an automobile.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (US) Mounted on the floor of an automobile.
    • I got a '69 Chevy with a 396/Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor.
  2. (figuratively) Very low.
    • I'm up and jaws are on the floor
      Lovers in the bathroom and a line outside the door2020 April 3, Chappell Roan, Dan Nigro, “Pink Pony Club”performed by Chappell Roan
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, floor.

Questions about on the floor

What does on the floor mean?
On the floor means mounted on the floor of an automobile.
What part of speech is on the floor?
On the floor is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the floor in the dictionary

  1. on the fence
  2. on the fiddle
  3. on the flat
  4. on the flip side
  5. on the flipside
  6. on the floor
  7. on the fly
  8. on the fritz
  9. on the front burner
  10. on the front foot
  11. on the full

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