get the floor
Example Sentences
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By working in sections, you can get the floor dry as quickly as possible.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023
“We have to get some of these tech bills to the floor so we can get the floor time to actually pass them,” Ms. Klobuchar said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
"I've got to get the floor manager to hold me because I'm so terrified, in high heels, of slipping. I think the French presenter always wore flat shoes."
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2017
President Vladimir Putin is never embarrassed by a sharp question — if you can get the floor to ask it.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2017
Their struggles to get the floor with bawlings, bellowings, and contortions, and the senseless rap of the Speaker’s gavel, were something appalling.
From The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan by Thomas Dixon
