floor it
Example Sentences
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Stepping gingerly across the metal floor, it holds its four-fingered hands at chest level until it reaches its objective: a 25-pound basket of bearing components fresh from a stamping press.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
In custody, at MDC, he fell to the floor; it turned out he was having a stroke.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026
This scramble has resulted in the girl who always wanted to floor it in life becoming the brakes on the collective plans.
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024
He pressed the button and the lift began ascending but as it neared the second floor, it lurched downwards with a thud and got stuck between the first and second floors.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024
When Lincoln dropped each page of his speech to the floor, it was Tad who scooped them up.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
