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taking the floorphrasepresent participle of take the floor to give a formal often extended talk on a subjectThe senator took the floor to talk about international relations. declaiming, descanting, discoursing, expatiating, haranguing, lecturing, orating, speaking, talking reciting, soliloquizingdisserting, expounding, pontificating, sermonizingmouthing, spoutingfilibustering holding forth |