Table it
To place an item before a meeting; in some usage, to postpone it.
Plain English
Ambiguous, and the ambiguity causes real confusion: in Canadian and British usage it usually means put it forward for discussion; in American usage it means postpone it.
If you’re new here
Ask which is meant. This is the one piece of meeting vocabulary that reliably produces opposite understandings in the same room.
What they probably mean
“Either 'let's discuss this now' or 'let's not'. Ask.”
Interpretation offered as humour, not authoritative guidance.
Bureaucracy level
How much government-speak this phrase carries. Playful indicator, not a judgement of anyone using it.
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