Related Words for hold the floor

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abeyance
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Noun, Noun
abide
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Verb
absorb
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Verb
accommodate
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Verb, Adjective
accommodation
xxx/x
Noun
achieve
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Verb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
acquit
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Verb
add
/
Verb, Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adhere
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Verb
admit
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Verb
adopt
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Verb
agree
x/
Verb
airstrip
/x
Noun
allow
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Verb
amaze
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Verb, Noun
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
apartment
x/x
Noun
apply
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Verb, Adjective
appreciation
xxx/x
Noun
are
/
Noun
area
/xx
Noun
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
arm
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
arrange
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Verb, Noun
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
article
/xx
Noun, Verb
ask
/
Verb, Noun
assembly
x/x
Noun
assert
x/
Verb, Noun
assume
x/
Verb
attach
x/
Verb
attic
/x
Noun, Adjective
audience
/xx
Noun
avail
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
await
x/
Verb, Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
base
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
basement
/x
Noun
bate
/
Noun, Verb
bear
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
beating
/x
Noun
bed
/
Noun, Verb
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
behave
x/
Verb
believe
x/
Verb
bench
/
Noun, Verb
bilge
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Noun, Verb
bind
/
Noun, Verb
block
/
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
brace
/
Noun, Verb
bracket
/x
Noun, Verb
brave
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
brig
/
Noun, Verb
brightly
/x
Adverb
bring
/
Verb
broomstick
/x
Noun, Verb
building
/x
Noun
bunk
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bunker
/x
Noun, Verb
buoy
/x
Noun, Verb
buy
/
Verb, Noun
buzzword
/x
Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
cantonese
xx/
Name, Adjective
care
/
Noun, Verb
carpet
/x
Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
ceiling
/x
Noun
celebrate
/xx
Verb
cellar
/x
Noun, Verb
certify
/xx
Verb
chamber
/x
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cherish
/x
Verb, Noun
chock
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clamp
/
Noun, Verb
clasp
/
Noun, Verb
clench
/
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clutch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
coating
/x
Noun
commemorate
x/xx
Verb
commence
x/
Verb
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
compel
x/
Verb
complicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
comply
x/
Verb
comport
x/
Verb, Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confine
x/
Verb, Noun
conquer
/x
Verb
conserve
x/
Verb, Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
consolation
xx/x
Noun
contain
x/
Verb
contend
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
control
x/
Noun, Verb
convene
x/
Verb
counteract
/xx
Verb, Noun
countertop
/xx
Noun
counting
/x
Noun
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
crop
/
Noun, Verb
curb
/
Noun, Verb
custody
/xx
Noun
dance floor
//
Phrase, Noun
darkened
/x
Adjective
days
/
Noun, Adverb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
debate
x/
Noun, Verb
decade
x/
Noun
deck
/
Noun, Verb
declare
x/
Verb
dedicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
deduct
x/
Verb
deduction
x/x
Noun
deem
/
Verb, Noun
deepening
/xx
Noun
defend
x/
Verb
defy
x/
Verb, Noun
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
demand
x/
Noun, Verb
denomination
xxx/x
Noun
deport
x/
Verb
detain
x/
Verb
detention
x/x
Noun
devote
x/
Verb, Adjective
dingy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dirt
/
Noun, Verb
discuss
x/
Verb
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
dock
/
Noun, Verb
door
/
Noun, Verb
drafty
/x
Adjective
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dump
/
Noun, Verb
earth
/
Noun, Verb
embrace
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Verb, Noun
encircle
x/x
Verb
enclose
x/
Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
endure
x/
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
enjoy
x/
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
entertain
xx/
Verb, Noun
entry
/x
Noun
environ
x/x
Name, Adverb, Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exert
x/
Verb
expect
x/
Verb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
express
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
extension
x/x
Noun
facility
x/xx
Noun
factory
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fairway
/x
Noun
fasten
/x
Verb
fetter
/x
Noun, Verb
field
/
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
first floor
//
Phrase, Noun
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fix
/
Verb, Noun
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
floorboard
/x
Noun, Verb
fold
/
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
fond
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foot
/
Noun, Verb
foothold
/x
Noun
forfeitures
/xx
Noun
formalize
/xx
Verb
freeze
/
Noun, Verb
fulfil
x/
Verb
fulfill
x/
Verb
fund
/
Noun, Verb
galvanize
/xx
Verb
garret
/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
gospel
/x
Noun, Verb
grab
/
Verb, Noun
grasp
/
Verb, Noun
grip
/
Noun, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ground floor
//
Phrase, Noun
ground level
//x
Phrase, Noun
guard
/
Noun, Verb
habitable
/xxx
Adjective
haft
/
Noun, Verb
hall
/
Noun
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
hang
/
Verb, Noun
harbor
/x
Noun, Verb
harbour
/x
Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hatch
/
Noun, Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
have got
//
Phrase, Verb
held
/
Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hilt
/
Noun, Verb
hire
/x
Verb, Noun
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
hold down
//
Phrase, Verb
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hold on
//
Phrase, Verb
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
holder
/x
Noun
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
hoped
/
Verb
host
/
Noun, Verb
house
/
Noun, Verb
hug
/
Noun, Verb
humus
/x
Noun
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immobilize
x/xx
Verb
impairment
x/x
Noun
implement
/xx
Verb, Noun
impose
x/
Verb, Noun
impression
x/x
Noun, Verb
inactivity
xx/xx
Noun
include
x/
Verb, Noun
incumbent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
indenture
x/x
Noun, Verb
inducement
x/x
Noun
influence
/xx
Noun, Verb
inhibit
x/x
Verb
initiate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
insist
x/
Verb
interlace
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Noun, Verb
interlock
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Noun, Verb
intervening
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
invites
x/
Verb
judge
/
Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
keep back
//
Phrase, Verb
keyword
/x
Noun, Verb
kiosks
/x
Noun
kiss
/
Noun, Verb
knob
/
Noun, Verb
knock down
//
Phrase, Verb
label
/x
Noun, Verb
land
/
Noun, Verb
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
launch
/
Noun, Verb
lawn
/
Noun, Verb
layer
/x
Noun, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leave
/
Verb, Noun
ledge
/
Noun, Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
let go of
///
Phrase, Verb
level
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
leverage
/xx
Noun, Verb
limbo
/x
Noun, Verb
limestone
/x
Noun
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
lit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
litter
/x
Noun, Verb
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
locator
/xx
Noun
lock
/
Noun, Verb
loft
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
look
/
Verb, Noun
lower
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
maintain
x/
Verb
maintenance
/xx
Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
mark
/
Noun, Verb
mat
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
memorize
/xx
Verb
mention
/x
Verb, Noun
mezzanine
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
microphone
/xx
Noun, Verb
minimum
/xx
Noun, Adjective
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
moderate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
monopolize
x/xx
Verb
mop
/
Noun, Verb
moratorium
xx/xx
Noun
mount
/
Noun, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
name
/
Noun, Verb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
nurse
/
Noun, Verb
nutshell
/x
Noun, Verb
oblige
x/
Verb
observance
x/x
Noun
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
obtain
x/
Verb
occupy
/xx
Verb, Noun
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
orchestrate
/xx
Verb
organise
xxx
Verb
organising
xxxx
Noun
organization
xxx/x
Noun
organize
/xx
Verb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outfit
/x
Noun, Verb
overhanging
/xxx
Noun
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pane
/
Noun, Verb
paneled
/x
Adjective
panhandle
/xx
Noun, Verb
parole
x/
Noun, Verb
parquet
x/
Noun, Verb
participants
x/xx
Noun
participating
x/xxx
Adjective
path
/
Noun, Verb
pause
/
Noun, Verb
pavement
/x
Noun
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
pending
/x
Adjective
perform
x/
Verb
phone
/
Noun, Verb
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
physical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
piano
x/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
piggyback
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
pine
/
Noun, Verb
pinion
/x
Noun, Verb
piso
/x
Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
plank
/
Noun, Verb
plant
/
Noun, Verb
planta
/x
Noun
planter
/x
Noun
platform
/x
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
pledge
/
Noun, Verb
plenary
/xx
Noun, Adjective
plenum
/x
Noun
podium
/xx
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
poise
/
Noun, Verb
pole
/
Noun, Verb
porch
/
Noun
possess
x/
Verb
possession
x/x
Noun, Verb
postponement
x/x
Noun
premises
/xx
Noun
preserve
x/
Verb, Noun
press
/
Noun, Verb
prevail
x/
Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
profess
x/
Verb
promise
/x
Noun, Verb
pronounce
x/
Verb
prop
/
Noun, Verb
prop up
//
Phrase, Verb
properties
/xx
Noun
proprietor
x/xx
Noun
provide
x/
Verb
purify
/xx
Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
queue
/
Noun, Verb
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
ranking
/x
Adjective, Noun
re
/
Noun
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
receive
x/
Verb, Noun
recovery
x/x
Noun
refresh
x/
Verb, Noun
release
x/
Noun, Verb
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
remark
x/
Noun, Verb
remember
x/x
Verb
represent
xx/
Verb
request
x/
Noun, Verb
require
x/x
Verb
reserve
x/
Noun, Verb
reset
x/
Verb, Noun
resist
x/
Verb, Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
restraint
x/
Noun
restrict
x/
Verb, Adjective
result
x/
Noun, Verb
retain
x/
Verb, Noun
retainer
x/x
Noun
retention
x/x
Noun
rhetoric
/xx
Noun, Adjective
rib
/
Noun, Verb
ring
/
Noun, Verb
roadway
/x
Noun
roof
/
Noun, Verb
room
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
root
/
Noun, Verb
rostrum
/x
Noun
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rug
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
runway
/x
Noun
saint
/
Noun, Verb
salute
x/
Noun, Verb
sanctify
/xx
Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
scene
/
Noun, Verb
schedule
/x
Noun, Verb
seabed
/x
Noun
seat
/
Noun, Verb
secure
x/
Verb, Adjective
seek
/
Verb, Noun
seize
/
Verb
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sequestration
xx/x
Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
shackle
/x
Noun, Verb
shake
/
Verb, Noun
shank
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shine
/
Verb, Noun
shock
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
shore up
//
Phrase, Verb
shoulder
/x
Noun, Verb
sidewalk
/x
Noun
sill
/
Noun, Adjective
site
/
Noun, Verb
sleep
/
Noun, Verb
slogan
/x
Noun
soil
/
Noun, Verb
sol
/
Noun, Adjective
soli
/x
Noun
space
/
Noun, Verb
spacious
/x
Adjective
speaker
/x
Noun
speaking
/x
Adjective, Noun
speech
/
Noun, Verb
squeeze
/
Verb, Noun
stage
/
Noun, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
standby
//
Noun, Verb
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
startle
/x
Verb, Noun
statement
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
stem
/
Noun, Verb
step
/
Noun, Verb
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stock
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stockpile
/x
Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
store
/
Noun, Verb
storey
/x
Noun
story
/x
Noun, Verb
stranglehold
/xx
Noun, Verb
stratum
/x
Noun
stun
/
Noun, Verb
subdue
x/
Verb
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
substantive
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
subsurface
/xx
Noun, Adjective
sufferance
/xx
Noun
summon
/x
Verb, Noun
sun
/
Noun, Verb
sunshine
/x
Noun, Adjective
super
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
support
x/
Noun, Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
surface
/x
Noun, Verb
surround
x/
Verb, Noun
suspend
x/
Verb
suspense
x/
Noun, Adjective
suspension
x/x
Noun
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
switch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
take
/
Verb, Noun
take for
//
Phrase, Verb
take hold
//
Phrase, Verb
talk
/
Verb, Noun
tarmac
/x
Noun, Verb
tarp
/
Noun, Verb
tarpaulin
//x
Noun, Verb
tenement
/xx
Noun
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
thermostat
/xx
Noun
think
/
Verb, Noun
threshold
/x
Noun
throttle
/x
Noun, Verb
throw
/
Verb, Noun
tie
/
Noun, Verb
tier
/
Noun, Verb
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tighten
/x
Verb
tile
/
Noun, Verb
time lag
//
Phrase, Noun
touch
/
Noun, Verb
track
/
Noun, Verb
trail
/
Noun, Verb
train
/
Noun, Verb
transmit
x/
Verb
trap
/
Noun, Verb
tribune
/x
Name
truss
/
Noun, Verb
tuning
/x
Noun
turn
/
Verb, Noun
underground
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
underpin
/xx
Verb
undertake
/xx
Verb, Noun
uphold
x/
Verb, Noun
upstairs
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
venture
/x
Noun, Verb
vertebra
/xx
Noun
voice
/
Noun, Verb
vote
/
Noun, Verb
wait
/
Verb, Noun
want
/
Verb, Noun
watchword
/x
Noun
wax
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
wear
/
Verb, Noun
weather
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
wedge
/
Noun, Verb
welcome
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
wield
/
Verb, Noun
windowless
/xx
Adjective
winery
/xx
Noun
wish
/
Verb, Noun
withheld
x/
Adjective
withstand
x/
Verb
word
/
Noun, Verb
write
/
Verb, Noun