get given the floor

Meaning

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   to get / be given / have the right to speak during a discussion or debate

   I will go ahead. Thanks a lot. Guess I have the floor now.

   The issue on the table: Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank.

In the movies · 3

• The issue on the table: Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank.Hamilton2020
• I will go ahead. Thanks a lot. Guess I have the floor now.Good Will Hunting1997
• and you hand it to your partner when you're done speaking and you say, now you have the floor.Maria Bamford: Old Baby2017

Learn it in full scenes

• Good Will Hunting1997
  • Will Fights Carmine
  • Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student
  • Lambeau Tracks Down Will

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