"have the floor" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-have the floor.ogg [Australia] Forms: has the floor [present, singular, third-person], having the floor [participle, present], had the floor [participle, past], had the floor [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> the floor}} have the floor (third-person singular simple present has the floor, present participle having the floor, simple past and past participle had the floor)
  1. (idiomatic) To have permission or time to speak, especially in a formal situation. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: take the floor, give the floor, hold the floor Translations (Translations): het woord hebben (Dutch), avoir la parole (French), zabierać głos [imperfective] (Polish), zabrać głos [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-have_the_floor-en-verb-hXGblNqt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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