(figuratively) to pound the table, to put one's foot down

dining table

introduction, presentation of every participant of a reunion / act of eliciting/collecting the opinion of all the participants

hunting tally, total number of kills, scoreboard / notches on one's bedpost (inventory of one's sexual conquests)

to keep open house (to be ready to welcome guests - even unannounced - at any time)

Synonym of tenir table ouverte

(vulgar) to show that one's got balls, to assert oneself

(vulgar) to show that one's got balls, to assert oneself

(informal) to perform fellatio (in exchange for some academic or professional benefit)

(figuratively) to paint a bleak picture of a situation, to make something seem worse than it really is