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by SiempreViernes 955 days ago
No, "to table" in terms of (EU) parliamentary procedure means to begin the consideration, it's the US that uses "to table" to mean dismiss[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure...

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Very strange, the US usage seems to be like what we would use “to shelve” for (as in take it off the table and put it on the shelf to forget about), at least in Australia and the UK.
As if the English language was not complex enough :D