ground floor
noun/ˌɡraʊnd ˈflɔː(r)/
/ˌɡraʊnd ˈflɔːr/
(British English) (North American English first floor)
Idioms - the floor of a building that is at the same level as the ground outside
- a ground-floor window
- I live on the ground floor.
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Idioms
See ground floor in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe/get in on the ground floor
- to become involved in a plan, project, etc. at the beginning
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