on the table

Postponed or put aside for later consideration, as in When they adjourned, three items were put on the table until the next meeting . [First half of 1700s] The table in both idioms is a figurative conference table. Also see lay one's cards on the table .
Up for discussion, as in There are two new proposals on the table . [Mid-1600s]

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"Everything is on the table, our food system, our water, our air, different ways of parenting, all the kind of changes that may have triggered this epidemic," Kennedy later told Fox News.

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The 45-year-old says snooker is "leaving a huge amount of money on the table" by staying faithful to the Crucible.

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Second, airstrikes or even conventional cruise missile strikes, like in 2019, are also on the table - each carrying the risk of a retaliatory spiral, as seen in the air skirmishes that followed then.

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"The industrial action is in no one's interest because the deal on the table is a good deal," he said.

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Will Mejia’s megaphone grow even louder now that actual layoffs are on the table?

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