Setting The Table Edit Meaning

1.

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.

See bathroom, poop, toilet, set the table, restroom

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.

See setting the table, preview, envision, setup, Bad Santa