talk someone under the table
To bore (someone) with excessive talk.
table
UK /ˈteɪbl̩/ US [ˈtʰeɪb(ə)ɫ]
noun 5verb 5
Definitions
noun
1
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
Set that dish on the table over there, please.
He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.
2
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
3
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
4
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
The baron kept a fine table and often held large banquets.
5
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
verb
1
To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
to table fines
2
To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
'April 13 1638, Henry Wotton, letter to John Milton At Siena I was tabled in the house of one Alberto Scipioni
3
To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.
c. 1607, Francis Bacon, letter to Tobie Matthew tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation
4
To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
In a raucous Commons, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, confirmed he had tabled a formal motion of confidence in the government, backed by other opposition leaders, which MPs would vote on on Wednesday.
5
To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.
The motion was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.
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