Usually means: Arrange utensils and plates properly.
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  1. set the table: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. set the table: Wiktionary

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  1. set the table: Idioms

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  1. set the table: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (set the table)

verb:  To arrange plates, etc. for a meal.
verb:  (figuratively) To make a future outcome possible.

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