SET THE TABLE Definition & Meaning

set the table

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Also, lay the table . Arrange a cloth, plates, glasses, silverware and the like for a meal, as in Please set the table for eight tonight . [Late 1300s]

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But that cruel, unnecessary and counterproductive set of policies along with Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and all the rest of the gruesome acts of overkill committed in the wake of 9/11 set the table for what Donald Trump is doing today.

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“Getting Shohei and Yoshinobu,” Carr said, “I think really helped set the table for Roki.”

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Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, Hegseth’s hand-holder for the four-hour interrogation, set the table for him with his opening question.

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"What state party would not want her to come help them set the table for the 2026 midterm elections?"

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And so it just was a way to kind of set the table for the next four hours.

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