set the table



set the table

to place plates, glasses, napkins, etc., on the table before a meal. (The opposite of clear the table.) Jane, would you please set the table? Fm tired of setting the table. Ask someone else to do it.
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set the table

to put dishes, knives, forks, and spoons on a table before a meal You make the salad and I'll set the table.
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set the table

Also, lay the table. Arrange a cloth, plates, glasses, silverware and the like for a meal, as in Please set the table for eight tonight. [Late 1300s]
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Leo['li(:)əu]
JerroldJER-əldEnglish
Pelagiape-LAHG-yah (Polish)Ancient Greek, Greek, Polish
Thoth-Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Izabel-Portuguese (Brazilian)
StephanieSTEF-ə-nee (English), SHTE-fah-nee (German)English, German