Collocation
set the table
to prepare a table for a meal by putting out plates, cutlery, glasses, etc.
Definition
'set the table' is a common English collocation. to prepare a table for a meal by putting out plates, cutlery, glasses, etc.
set + the table
“Could you set the table while I finish cooking?”
Examples
- Can you set the table for dinner, please?
- I always set the table before my parents get home.
- She set the table with plates, glasses, and cloth napkins.
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- We set the table quickly because the guests were already arriving.
- He set the table and lit a few candles to make it special.
- They set the table outside on the patio since the weather was so nice.
- I set the table, but I forgot the serving spoons.
- By the time I came downstairs, my sister had already set the table.
- If you set the table now, we will be ready to eat as soon as the pasta is done.
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