on the table

Definitions

1. 1

   Up for formal discussion

   Up for formal discussion; tabled.

   • The proposed new bill will soon be on the table in Parliament.
   • It is also important to note that union shops were the first workplaces in the country to win domestic partnership — and it wasn't won because management put it on the table, but because lesbian and gay unionized workers fought for it.
2. 2

   Open or available for further attention or action.

   • now everything is on the table
   • "We made an offer about two weeks ago, which is still on the table," he said. "We have not withdrawn it, and hope they will consider it."
   • Israeli intelligence minister Yuval Steinitz said all options were open for Israel. "If we have no choice, we have no choice...the military option is on the table," he said.
3. 3

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, table.

   • I placed the book on the table.

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