What is Setting The Table?
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When someone, usually in a public restroom, flushes the toilet before they sit down to use it. (Term can be used whether or not something was actually in the toilet that merited flushing.)
As I was contemplating life in the Wal-Mart bathroom a man walked into the stall next to mine, setting the table before he sat down.
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2.
1. To literally prepare a dining table for a meal.
2. To lay the groundwork for a future event.
eg. Gary believes his wife is setting the table for divorce.
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The elapsed time of a conversation before the subject turns to Adolf Hitler, in much the same way a high-performance car is evaluated at..
