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bring to the table

bring to the table verb: to contribute (something) to a joint effort or discussion.

Verb

bring to the table (third-person singular simple present brings to the table, present participle bringing to the table, simple past and past participle brought to the table)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To contribute (something) to a joint effort or discussion.
    • I don’t have time for a man unless he can bring something big to the table, like a huge amount of money.2017 April 1, Ruth Huntman, quoting Chaka Khan, “Chaka Khan: ‘A man needs to bring something big to the table’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2023

bring to the table meaning in Tamil and Bengali

bring to the table in Tamil

பயனுள்ள, முக்கிய பங்களிப்புகளைச் செய்தல்

bring to the table in Bengali

যৌথ প্রচেষ্টা, আলোচনায় অবদান রাখা

Forms of bring to the table

third-person singular presentbrings to the table
present participlebringing to the table
past participlebrought to the table
pastbrought to the table

Questions about bring to the table

What does bring to the table mean?
Bring to the table means to contribute (something) to a joint effort or discussion.
What is bring to the table in Tamil?
Bring to the table in Tamil is பயனுள்ள, முக்கிய பங்களிப்புகளைச் செய்தல். See Bring to the table meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bring to the table?
Bring to the table is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring to the table?
The past tense of bring to the table is brought to the table.

Words near bring to the table in the dictionary

  1. bring to order
  2. bring to orgasm
  3. bring to pass
  4. bring to terms
  5. bring to the hammer
  6. bring to the table
  7. bring together
  8. bring under
  9. bring up
  10. bring up against
  11. bring up short

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bring to the table (page history and authors); bring to the table (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bring to the table (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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