on the table

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on the table

  2. (politics) Up for formal discussion; tabled.
    The proposed new bill will soon be on the table in Parliament.
    • 1994 October, Harneen Chernow, Andrea Demajewski, Herbst, “Understanding Unions, Class and Power”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
      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.
  4. (idiomatic, by extension) Open or available for further attention or action.
    Coordinate terms: on one's plate; in play
    now everything is on the table
    • 1994 June 30, Kenneth N. Gilpin, “Dart Family Files Lawsuit To Nudge Brazilian Bank”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 9 March 2016, retrieved 6 April 2014:
      "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 "We have not withdrawn it, and hope they will consider it."
    • 2015 April 3, Jonathan Broder, Matthew Cooper, “Iran Was the Easy Part: Obama Takes His Nuke Deal to Congress”, in Newsweek‎[2], archived from the original on 7 April 2015:
      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.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on,‎ the,‎ table.
    I placed the book on the table.

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