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floor it	to move (run, ride etc.) at full speed	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
floor it	To depress the accelerator to the maximum extent.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
it will floor you!	it will amaze you	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
mop the floor with somebody	To trounce or defeat thoroughly or in a humiliating manner.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
mop the floor with someone	To trounce or defeat thoroughly or in a humiliating manner.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
don't look to the floor for pennies, look to the sky for rainbows.	Stand tall and never be afraid to embrace the world.	Rate it: (4.50 / 6 votes)
cross the floor	To vote against one's own political party in parliament.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
4-on-the-floor	Alternative spelling of four-on-the-floor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cross the floor	Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one's political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one's currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one's new party.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
four-on-the-floor	A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
four-on-the-floor	A steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
four-on-the-floor	Characterised by a steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
four-on-the-floor	Relating to a vehicle with a four-speed manual transmission mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Get in on the Ground Floor	To get associated with an important or major business and project at its start	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
have the floor	To have permission or time to speak, especially in a formal situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on the cutting room floor	Not included in the finalized version of something; deliberately rejected or unintentionally overlooked.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull up a floor	Sit down on a floor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull up a floor	Used other than as an idiom: see pull up, a, floor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
walk the floor	To pace back and forth restlessly, because of worry, excitement, distress, etc.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
kick it	Dance; get on the dance floor.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
buzz up	To allow entrance into a building from a higher floor by triggering an electronic lock.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
doss down	To sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
Christmas tree bill	A bill consisting of many riders that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments, which may provide special benefits to various groups or interests.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
close down	To stop trading as a business.	Rate it: (2.50 / 2 votes)
de plain pied	On the same level (of rooms on the same floor, or on a level with the ground).	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
wall to wall carpets	floor coverings	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
bow and scrape	To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
China syndrome	A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
coucher sur la dure	To lie on the ground, on the floor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
coucher sur le carreau	To sleep on the floor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
go down	Fall to the floor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mamma jammer	A pretty girl dancing good on a dance floor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nous sommes au premier	We are on the first floor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pit	Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pit	A trading pit.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
propose a toast	An introductory phrase, preceding a brief accolade to someone or something, after which all present ceremonially sip their champagne (or dump their beverage on the floor to express disagreement.)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pull down	To cause to fall to the floor	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
religione obstrictos habere multitudinis animos (Liv. 6. 1. 10)	to have power over the people by trading on their religious scruples.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ROTFLOL	Initialism of rolling on the floor laughing out loud.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
royal bumps	A ritual of two or more persons holding another person by the arms and legs, face up, while bumping them repeatedly on the floor. In modern times it is a lighthearted affair, generally performed only on a young person's birthday with the number of bumps corresponding to the person's age in years. Historically it was a hazing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sell in may and go away	"Sell in May and go away" is a popular adage or saying in the stock market that suggests investors should sell their stocks or investments in May and stay out of the market until the end of October. The idea behind this saying is that the stock market tends to experience weaker performance during the summer months, particularly from May to October. This pattern is often attributed to factors such as reduced trading activity, lower corporate earnings reports, or investors' vacation periods.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
someone's jaw dropped	somebody was very surprised; often followed by "to the floor"	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
suffering housemaid's knee	Quaint expression of earlier days relative to female servants performing chores of scrubbing floor on hands and knees.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
un capitaine au long cours	A captain of a trading vessel going to foreign ports.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
笑到轆地	to "roll on the floor laughing"; to laugh uncontrollably	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)