put a floor on
1floor — 1 noun 1 FLAT SURFACE (C) the flat surface on which you stand indoors: Amos ran inside, spreading mud all over the kitchen floor. see land 1 2 LEVEL IN BUILDING (C) one of the levels in a building: Our office is on the top floor. | a two… …
2floor — A lower limit for a variable, such as the lower limit on an interest rate paid or received in a transaction. For example, an adjustable rate loan may have a floor of 5 percent. In that example, the rate can adjust however loan terms provide, but… …
3floor — floor1 W1S1 [flo: US flo:r] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a building)¦ 2¦(in a car)¦ 3¦(level in building)¦ 4¦(ocean/forest/cave floor etc)¦ 5¦(for dancing)¦ 6¦(where people work)¦ 7¦(limit)¦ 8 the floor 9 take the floor …
4floor — v. a. 1. Cover with a floor, put a floor on. 2. Overthrow, prostrate, bring to the floor, knock down. 3. Prevail over (in argument), pose, nonplus, get the better of …
5put your foot to the floor — put (your) foot to the floor American to suddenly increase your speed when you are driving. I put my foot to the floor and reached the apartment in less than an hour …
6put foot to the floor — put (your) foot to the floor American to suddenly increase your speed when you are driving. I put my foot to the floor and reached the apartment in less than an hour …
7put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …
8Floor medallions — are generally a centerpiece of flooring design that can be made with various flooring materials including natural stone, wood, metal, tile, glass or a variety of other materials suitable for flooring. The pattern can be created using various… …
9put your back into — to work very hard at (something) : to put a lot of effort into (something) If you want to get that floor clean you ll have to put your back into it. You ll really have to put your back into this project if you want it to succeed. • • • Main Entr …
10put the pedal to the metal — (put) the pedal to the metal to make something go forward or increase as fast as possible. Ingrid put the pedal to the metal and finished writing her essay a day early. Related vocabulary: floor it …
