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the factory floor

1. on the factory floor - if someone works on the factory floor, they are one of the ordinary people who work in a factory. She's worked her way up from the factory floor to a top job in the union.

2. on the factory floor - in the part of a factory where goods are produced. The new computer system ensures that orders reach the factory floor in less than 24 hours.

See also: factory

fall/go through the floor

if the price or value of something falls through the floor, it becomes very low. House prices have gone through the floor this year.

See also: fall, through

floor it (American, informal)

to drive a car as fast as it will go. He likes to take his sports car out on the road and floor it.

get in on the ground floor

to become involved in something from the beginning. It is potentially a very lucrative market and those who get in on the ground floor might well make a fortune.

See also: ground

on the factory floor

1. if someone works on the factory floor, they are one of the ordinary people who work in a factory. He spent five years on the factory floor before being promoted to supervisor.

2. in the part of a factory where goods are produced. The problem was only discovered when the system was tested on the factory floor.

See also: factory

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.

See also: foot

wipe the floor with someone (British, American & Australian, American)

to defeat someone easily. Alex is always really good in a debate, she'll wipe the floor with them.

See also: wipe

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floor it

to drive as fast as you can. Some drivers seem to believe a yellow traffic light means floor it and rush through an intersection as fast as possible.

(put) the pedal to the metal

Etymology: based on the idea that you push the pedal (= part worked with the foot) down to the floor of a car to go as fast as you can

(get) in on the ground floor

to become involved in something from its beginning. Can someone tell me how you get in on the ground floor of a money-making deal like that?

See also: ground

on the cutting room floor

not included. Some real ballplayers were used in the movie's baseball scenes, but they ended up on the cutting room floor. In the rush to finish this session, legislators left some very important bills on the cutting room floor.

See also: cutting, room