"The table" is where the big boys/girls, decision makers, informers, sit. If you're not at "the table" then you're not in the say. It's a common expression in the US. Things like trying to get a seat at "the table" meaning finally a position of influence/power.

It is on the table, as in within the realm of possibilities. take (something) off the table To withdraw something or make it no longer available, as for consideration, acceptance, discussion, etc. Example: "I wouldn't wait too long to accept the job offer—they might take it off the table before you know it.' See also: be off the table, be on the table, reassign, reassign to, be replaced by (someone or something), If an asset is no longer deployed it is taken off the table. All assets are deployed. Q