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on the table

on the table prepositional phrase: up for formal discussion; tabled.

Prepositional phrase

  1. 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.1994 October, Harneen Chernow, Andrea Demajewski, Herbst, “Understanding Unions, Class and Power”, in Gay Community News, page 3
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) 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 "We have not withdrawn it, and hope they will consider it."1994 June 30, Kenneth N. Gilpin, “Dart Family Files Lawsuit To Nudge Brazilian Bank”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2016, retrieved 06 Apr 2014
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, table.
    • I placed the book on the table.

on the table meaning in Bengali

on the table in Bengali

আনুষ্ঠানিক আলোচনার জন্য নির্ধারিত, উত্থাপিত

Antonyms of on the table

Questions about on the table

What does on the table mean?
On the table means up for formal discussion; tabled.
What is on the table in Bengali?
On the table in Bengali is আনুষ্ঠানিক আলোচনার জন্য নির্ধারিত, উত্থাপিত. See On the table meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is on the table?
On the table is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the table in the dictionary

  1. on the streets
  2. on the strength of
  3. on the stroke of
  4. on the stump
  5. on the surface
  6. on the table
  7. on the tack
  8. on the take
  9. on the tap
  10. on the tapis
  11. on the telephone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the table (page history and authors); on 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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