"upon the tapis" meaning in English

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        "2": "mettre sur le tapis"
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      "expansion": "French mettre sur le tapis",
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  "etymology_text": "Compare French mettre sur le tapis.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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          "ref": "1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]:",
          "text": "[…] when any thing was supposed to be upon the tapis worth knowing or listening to, it was the rule to leave the door, not absolutely shut, but somewhat ajar […]",
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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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      "glosses": [
        "Under discussion or consideration."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Under discussion or consideration."
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        {
          "word": "on the tapis"
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  "word": "upon the tapis"
}

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      },
      "expansion": "French mettre sur le tapis",
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  "etymology_text": "Compare French mettre sur le tapis.",
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          "ref": "1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]:",
          "text": "[…] when any thing was supposed to be upon the tapis worth knowing or listening to, it was the rule to leave the door, not absolutely shut, but somewhat ajar […]",
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          "ref": "1837, Edgar Allan Poe, Mystification:",
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        "Under discussion or consideration."
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        "(idiomatic) Under discussion or consideration."
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    {
      "word": "on the tapis"
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  "word": "upon the tapis"
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