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TAKE THE FLOOR
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rise in order to make a speech or motion
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
"Take the floor" entails doing...:
address; speak (give a speech to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Stand up to dance
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take the floor" is one way to...):
arise; get up; rise; stand up; uprise (rise to one's feet)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
