through the floor
idiom
: to a very low level
The value of the stock has dropped/gone/fallen through the floor.
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Getting rid of deteriorating tile would expose those in the school to asbestos through the floor’s adhesive, so the district also approved asbestos abatement to be completed this summer.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
Push through the floor, prop yourself on one forearm, and extend your other arm upward.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 14 July 2025
If the fuel eats all the way through the floor, the chances of a major release of radiation into the environment go up.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2011
The Chases access the royal tomb by carefully excavating through the floor of an earlier tomb built above it.
—Kerry Breen
july 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
Push through the floor, prop yourself on one forearm, and extend your other arm upward.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 14 July 2025
If the fuel eats all the way through the floor, the chances of a major release of radiation into the environment go up.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2011
The Chases access the royal tomb by carefully excavating through the floor of an earlier tomb built above it.
—Kerry Breen
july 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025
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