🗓️ Idiom: Bring (something) to the Table (v)
💬 Meaning
- To offer something useful, such as skills, ideas, or resources, during a discussion or negotiation.
- To contribute value or input that can influence the outcome of a meeting or deal.
- The skills and experience that someone is able to bring to a situation.
🧠 Example Sentences
- She brings a lot of experience and insight to the table during contract discussions.
- What exactly are you bringing to the table in this partnership?
- The consultant brought new strategies to the table that helped close the deal.
🏛️ Origin
The phrase likely originates from formal meetings or negotiations where participants would literally gather around a table to present their ideas or offers. “Bring to the table” has since become a saying for contributing value in any professional context.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
During the negotiation, he __________ several creative marketing ideas to the table.
Answer
brought
2. Choose the correct meaning of “bring to the table”:
A) To delay a decision
B) To offer something valuable or useful
C) To remove an option from discussion
Answer
B) To offer something valuable or useful
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“She contributed a great deal of expertise during the budget meeting.” → Change the sentence using: bring to the table
Answer
She brought a great deal of expertise to the table during the budget meeting.
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