bring to the table
Provide as assets
To bring something to the table is to contribute it to a shared endeavor—skills, resources, ideas, or experience offered in a negotiation, partnership, or collaboration: What do you bring to the table?
She brings twenty years of experience to the table.
The image is of participants gathering around a table, each adding something to the collective effort.
- contributeGive to a collective
- offerProposal to provide
- capabilitiesPowers to perform tasks
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- presentGift or current moment
provide · knowledge · synergy · dedication · skills · skill set · perspective · creativity · new approach · problem solving · benefits · compromise · partnership · good faith · asset · team player · dish · breakthrough
- expressions about providinggive and take, hand over, dish out, dole out, hand out
- teamworkteamwork, co-op mode, collaborate, team games, assists
- work idiomsburning out, rat race, climb the ladder, glass ceiling, golden handshake