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take the floor

take the floor verb: to speak at a public meeting.

Verb

take the floor (third-person singular simple present takes the floor, present participle taking the floor, simple past took the floor, past participle taken the floor)

  1. (intransitive) To speak at a public meeting.

Forms of take the floor

third-person singular presenttakes the floor
present participletaking the floor
pasttook the floor
past participletaken the floor

Questions about take the floor

What does take the floor mean?
Take the floor means to speak at a public meeting.
What part of speech is take the floor?
Take the floor is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the floor?
The past tense of take the floor is took the floor.

Words near take the floor in the dictionary

  1. take the edge off
  2. take the fall
  3. take the field
  4. take the fifth
  5. take the flak
  6. take the floor
  7. take the front seat
  8. take the game to
  9. take the gap
  10. take the gilt off the gingerbread
  11. take the heat

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