taking the floor (verb) address: speak to a formal gathering
Sinonime: approach, bespeak,
call, deliver speech, deliver talk,
discourse,
discuss, get on a soapbox, give speech, give talk,
greet,
hail,
lecture, memorialize, orate,
pitch,
pontificate, root for, sermonize,
spiel*, spout, stump, take the floor,
talk