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horizontal dancing

idiom
Meaning

Sexual intercourse.


Examples
SIMPLE

They went home for some horizontal dancing.

CONTEXTUAL

The couple had been dating for months before they finally tried horizontal dancing.

COMPLEX

In the novel's coy Victorian prose, the married characters' rare moments of horizontal dancing are hinted at through drawn curtains and morning-after smiles.

Anchors to
Related idioms6entries
  1. 01

    devil dancing

    Risky, reckless or potentially immoral behavior.

  2. 02

    horizontal jogging

    Sexual intercourse.

  3. 03

    horizontal mambo

    Sexual intercourse.

  4. 04

    horizontal refreshments

    Sexual intercourse.

  5. 05

    horizontal tango

    Sexual intercourse.

  6. 06

    put on one's dancing shoes

    To prepare for celebration or rejoicing; to put oneself in a positive frame of mind.

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