off the table

/ˈɒf ðə tˈeɪbəl/

/ˈɔf ðə tˈeɪbəl/

[phrase]

off the table

[PHRASE]

(of a proposal, topic, or offer) unavailable or incapable of being considered

Examples

1. Actually, that offer is off the table.

2. And it's always been off the table.

3. The US-China trade deal, which is not a big deal by any means - it certainly doesn't in any way imply that the US and Chinese are going to start being friendly - nonetheless has taken the likelihood of increased tariff escalation this year mostly off the table.

4. So I think there's some there's some people who want to take those other two options off the table.