"bring to the table" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bring to the table.ogg [Australia] Forms: brings to the table [present, singular, third-person], bringing to the table [participle, present], brought to the table [participle, past], brought to the table [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> to the table}} bring to the table (third-person singular simple present brings to the table, present participle bringing to the table, simple past and past participle brought to the table)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To contribute (something) to a group effort or discussion. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-bring_to_the_table-en-verb-FD3XGh5g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bring to the table meaning in English (1.8kB)

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