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"etymology_text": "Compare French mettre sur le tapis.",
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"ref": "1837, Edgar Allan Poe, Mystification",
"text": "Of this, however, I was not aware; although, in the present instance, I saw clearly that something of a whimsical nature was upon the tapis with my friend, and that Hermann was its especial object.",
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"Under discussion or consideration."
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"(idiomatic) Under discussion or consideration."
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