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floor noun base, basis, bedrock, bottom, flooring, foundation, fundamental basis, girder, ground, groundwork, jumping off point, premise, principle, rudiment, starting point, support, supporting structure, underlying principle, underpinning basis
Associated concepts: floor plan in zoning and construccion laws, hacking the floor in parliamentary procedure, minimum wage

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attached Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence business invitee C-Span Carrying away Charged with possession of cocaine cloture Congress of the United States Congressional Record deep Dix, Dorothea Lynde exchange filibuster fixture Garfield, James Abram house of representatives Housekeeper incarceration Invitee			Taking the floor in the regional workshop held by the Sahara-Sahel Observatory (SSO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the theme "For a Better Air Quality in North Africa," (November 23-25, 2009), Mr. Seminar on air pollution in Maghreb by Agency Tunis Afrique Press On Saturday, Taking the Floor is a special collaboration between architecture students from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, the Liverpool School of Architecture, CAVA, the University of Liverpool and students of choreography from Stockholm. Poetry, TV and art live at the Tate; ARTS DIARY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Caitlyn Giles, also taking the floor for the first time, proved to her coaches and the judges that she had it all, bagging herself a bronze medal in the recreational Under-12 section of the competition. GYM-TASTIC! A medals haul for young club members ACKLAM GYMNASTICS ... by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			taken advantage of taken by force by the authorities taken for granted taken into custody taken prisoner takeover taker taking taking back taking counsel taking different courses taking effect before taking exception taking for public use taking hold taking information taking issue with taking money from your own business taking of human life taking of life taking of private land by the government taking of property for public use taking on taking possession taking the Fifth taking the floor taking the law in one’s own hands taking the place of another taking without compensation tale tale telling talebearer talent talented Tales Tales de circumstantibus Talesman talesmen talionic Talis interpretatio semper fienda est Talis non est eadem talk talk about talk down to talk insincerely talk into talk it over talk nonsense talk out talk over talkative			taking the chair taking the checkered flag taking the chequered flag taking the consequences taking the consequences taking the consequences taking the count taking the count taking the count taking the count taking the count taking the easy way out taking the easy way out taking the easy way out taking the edge off taking the edge off taking the edge off taking the edge off taking the fall taking the fall taking the fall taking the fall taking the field taking the field taking the field taking the field Taking the Fifth Taking the Fifth Taking the Fifth Taking the Fifth taking the floor taking the gilt off the gingerbread taking the gilt off the gingerbread taking the gloves off taking the gloves off taking the gloves off taking the hint taking the hint taking the hint taking the King's shilling taking the King's shilling taking the King's shilling taking the King's shilling taking the law in one’s own hands taking the law into own hands taking the law into own hands taking the law into own hands taking the law into own hands taking the liberty taking the liberty taking the liberty taking the lid off taking the lid off taking the lid off taking the load off feet taking the load off feet taking the load off feet taking the load off feet taking the load off feet Taking The Logarithm taking the long view

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