Mildly confused Brett wrote: > I can only infer from this that the term "table" is meant to refer to the > plans being stopped or killed. Is that so? Because in Australian (and > probably British) use "to table" something means that the idea is > raised or
not so surprisingly, it means both: from www.yourdictionary.com Main Entry: (2)table Function: transitive verb Date: 15th century Inflected Form(s): ta.bled; ta.bling /-b(&-)li[ng]/ 1 : to enter in a table 2 a British : to place on the agenda b : to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration indefinitely c : to put on a table
