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Vocabulary

untable

0I wonder if the following can be said.02br
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001. table - (US) not bring up for discussion (for some time); (UK) bring up for discussion02br
002. untable - (US) bring up for discussion what was tabled; (UK) stop discussing what was tabled???02br
00I might be wrong, but would you please help me?02br
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01. UK - to schedule something for discussion rather than bring up. 0-

— Nona the brit

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01. UK - to schedule something for discussion rather than bring up. 02br
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00Untable is not used at all in the UK.0-
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0 Oh, I see. Thank you very much, Nona. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Google returns 778 hits for 'untable the motion'. I think they seem to be all American.02br
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00I guess you could form a sentence like 01font00'The 01i00cabinet 02i00asked the 01i00chair02i00 to un01i00table02i00 the motion.' 02font
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0If you are in a meeting, and something is either being discussed or is on the agenda to be discussed, and you realize that either you don't have the facts you need to have a good discussion, or you won't have time, or a key party to a decision is not there, you "table" the topic. This does not mean you won't discuss it - it means that you are postponing the discussion until it is a better time.
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0 Thank you very much for the very valuable information. 0-
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