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No, "to table" in terms of (EU) parliamentary procedure means to begin the consideration, it's the US that uses "to table" to mean dismiss[1]. [1]: https://en.

No, "to table" in terms of (EU) parliamentary procedure means to begin the consideration, it's the US that uses "to table" to mean dismiss[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure...

gpderetta 3y ago
As if the English language was not complex enough :D
stephen_g 3y ago
Very strange, the US usage seems to be like what we would use “to shelve” for (as in take it off the table and put it on the shelf to forget about), at least in Australia and the UK.