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  • 81take the floor —    Start talking or giving a speech to a group   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    When someone takes the floor, they rise to make a speech or presentation.     When I take the floor, my speech will be short. he said …

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  • 82wipe the floor with someone — wipe the floor with (someone) British, American & Australian, American to defeat someone easily. Alex is always really good in a debate, she ll wipe the floor with them …

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  • 83wipe the floor with — (someone) British, American & Australian, American to defeat someone easily. Alex is always really good in a debate, she ll wipe the floor with them …

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  • 84open depending on the floor — Used for listed equity securities. Having room for a customer buyer or seller contingent on the results of a trade being executed on the floor ( i.e., satisfying the specialist book and the orders the trader opened up ). Bloomberg Financial… …

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  • 85Back to the Floor (Canadian TV series) — Back to the Floor is a corporate reality show that began as a regular feature on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation s show Venture . Chief Executive Officers and a low level employee change jobs for a week. Process management is usually… …

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  • 86wipe the floor — verb To be well ahead, or to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors. The young newcomer is wiping the floor with the more experienced players …

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  • 87cross the floor — verb a) To vote against one’s own political party in parliament. Two weeks ago, Mr Davies intimated to Mr Brown that he was ready to cross the floor. b) Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one’s political party and jo …

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  • 88take\ the\ floor — v. phr. To get up and make a speech in a meeting. The audience became very attentive the moment the president took the floor …

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  • 89four-on-the-floor — adj, adv flat out, extremely, excessively. This term, used typically by the young in the 1980s, comes from the hot rodders term for a stick shift or four speed gear system. When I realised I wanted it, I tell you, I went at it four on the floor …

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  • 90Four on the Floor — Four on the Floor, sorti le 2 octobre 2006 au Royaume Uni, est le deuxième album du groupe de rock Juliette and the Licks. Listes des chansons Smash and Grab Hot Kiss Sticky Honey Killer Death of a Whore Purgatory Blues Get Up Mind Full of… …

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