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tear up the dance floor

idiom
Meaning

To engage vigorously in dancing.


Examples
SIMPLE

They love to tear up the dance floor at parties.

CONTEXTUAL

After the wedding ceremony ended, the bride and groom hit the music and began to tear up the dance floor.

COMPLEX

Despite his usual reserved nature, he surprised everyone when he took to the stage to tear up the dance floor for the rest of the night.

Anchors to
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  1. 01

    crocodile tear

    A tear shed insincerely, in a false display of sorrow or some other emotion.

  2. 02

    dance attendance

    To wait obsequiously (on or upon someone).

  3. 03

    dance of the seven veils

    A striptease performance.

  4. 04

    dance on nothing

    To be hanged.

  5. 05

    dance on someone's grave

    To celebrate a person's death or downfall triumphantly.

  6. 06

    dance with the devil

    To engage in risky and immoral behavior.

  7. 07

    fan dance

    The incremental disclosure of tantalizing bits of information.

  8. 08

    floor it

    To depress the accelerator to the maximum extent.

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