“lay enough on the table”
Hi, what does the expression "lay enough on the table" mean?
For context:
When a colleague presented an unsatisfactory proposal, she used a soft approach to deliver a hard message: “I wanted to lay enough on the table to say, ‘Boy, this is very interesting…. Can we do some more research on this? Can we test this against some other organizations?’
(https://hbr.org/2018/11/how-women-manage-the-gendered-norms-of-leadership)
Top answer
Can we do some more research on this? ’
- Can we do some more research on this?
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Paraphrased:
I wanted to say enough (or react in such a way as to) to give the message, 'Boy, this is very interesting...Can we do some more research on this? Can we test this against some other organizations?’
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