across the floor
From wall to wall
Across the floor describes movement from one side of a room or legislative chamber to the other.
In politics, to cross the floor is to change party allegiance—literally walking to sit with the opposing side: The senator's vote across the floor shocked her supporters.
In dance, across the floor refers to exercises performed while traveling from one side of the studio to the other: We practiced leaps across the floor.
- carpetThick floor textile
- tilesFlat covering pieces
- walkingLocomotion on foot
- footstepsSounds of walking
- first stepsInitial actions taken
sweep · crawling · on all fours · hardwood · dance · sliding · slip and slide · dragging · scattered · room · barefoot · cold feet · shuffle · linoleum · rug · sprawled · mopping · creaking
across the floorup the stairs
vertically · up the wall · down the hole · through the roof · ascending
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