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wait at table

wait at table or wait on table or wait table {v. phr.}

To serve food.

Mrs. Lake had to teach her new maid to wait on table properly.

The girls earn spending money by waiting at table in the school dining rooms.

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table

[table] See: [AT THE TABLE] or [AT TABLE], [COFFEE TABLE], [PUT ONE'S CARDS ON THE TABLE] or [LAY ONE'S CARDS ON THE TABLE], [TURN THE TABLES], [WAIT AT TABLE] or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lay one's cards on the table

[lay one's cards on the table] or [lay down one's cards] or [put one's cards on the table] {v. phr.}, {informal} To let someone know your position and interest openly; […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

at the table

[at the table] or [at table] {adv. phr.} At a meal; at the dinner table. * /The telephone call came while they were all at table./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

at table

[at table] See: [AT THE TABLE]; [WAIT AT TABLE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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