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单词 on the table
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on the table

phrase
If you put something on the table, you present it at a meeting for it to be discussed.
This is one of the best packages we've put on the table in years.
It means that all the options are at least on the table.
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on the table in British English

put forward for discussion and acceptance
we currently have our final offer on the table
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on the table in American English

US
postponed or shelved
said of a bill, etc.
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Examples of 'on the table' in a sentence
on the table

These are what is going to put food on the table for us.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But what if you were to put on the table the prospect of the biggest, fattest fee bonanza in the history of investment banking?
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Ideally, I like to walk into a place just as the food is being put on the table.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Talks are at an early stage and no formal bid has been put on the table.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Burnell put his money on the table.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
They can't put food on the table or a roof over their heads.
Christianity Today (2000)
My return wasn't officially put on the table.
The Sun (2013)
I then put my cards on the table.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Is a life of benefits, or crime, the only way to put food on the table?
The Sun (2014)
All I'm trying to do is to put hoummos on the table.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I ended up turning to a local food bank so I could put dinner on the table.
The Sun (2015)
I put his toast on the table in the lounge and I sat on the sofa eating mine.
The Sun (2012)
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