elevator ride
Brief boxed ascent
An elevator ride is the brief journey taken inside an elevator from one floor to another.
The phrase often emphasizes the confined, shared nature of the experience: We made awkward small talk during the elevator ride.
An elevator pitch is a business idea explained in the time an elevator ride takes—thirty seconds to two minutes.
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- ascendMove upward
- descendMove to lower position
- floorIndoor walking surface
- buttonDisc through a hole
push the button · doors · hold the door · shaft · cable · lobby · ding · muzak · awkward · silence · small talk · strangers · personal space · close · open · penthouse · floor number · ground
- social blundersgaffe, faux pas, misstep, blooper, flub
- descentsrappelling, abseiling, lowering, parachuting, skydiving
- routinesmorning routine, habits, routines, morning routines, procedures
- Guided Imageryforest walk, mountain vista, safe place, ocean waves, gentle stream