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
In response to a follow-up question, the department said that now, when people are forced to sleep on the floor, it is due to processing delays and not overcrowding.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024
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
Part of the cake fell to the floor; it was only a box of crumbs now.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
