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Business & Work Phrasal Verbs

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  • I need to ___ ___ the mess on my desk. (organise or fix)
    sort out
  • We're not ___ ___ any new staff at the moment. (Employ - staff)
    taking on
  • You should ___ ___ the advantages and disadvantages of each type before buying. (consider).
    weigh up
  • They've had to cut back production and ___ ___ workers. (fire  staff)
    lay off
  • I will ___ ____ tomorrow morning. (make a short visit somewhere)
    drop in
  • Inflation has begun to ___ ___. (stop rising or falling and become steady)
    level off
  • Several major hospitals are ___ ___ on staff at the moment. (reduce something)
    cutting back
  • You should ___ ___ your phone call with an email or letter. (continue communicating with someone after an event).
    follow up
  • I spend the morning ___ ___ my emails. (handle - a problem)
    dealing with
  • Her business has really ___ ___. (Become successful or popular very fast)
    taken off
  • It took me several hours to ___ ___ the application form. (complete - a form)
    fill out
  • The planned purchase of the racecourse ___ ___ (not completed successfully)
    fell through
  • The company is having difficulty ____ ____ new markets. (Enter - with effort or force)
    Breaking into
  • The project became so expensive that we had to __ ___. (move away from something or stop being involved in it)
    pull out
  • He moved to New York to ____ ____ his work. (continue)
    carry on
  • I'm leaving the company to ___ ___ on my own. (Expand or extend ones interests)
    branch out
  • Many companies are ___ ___ ___ money. (Have no more of something)
    running out of
  • IBM is ___ ___ the smaller company. (take control of something)
    taking over
  • We would be eager to ___ ___ projects of that sort. (Participate)
    join in
  • Let's ___ ___ this meeting so we can go to lunch. (finish an event or an activity)
    wrap up
  • We try to ___ ___ ___ what's happening about financial news. (follow)
    keep up with
  • The chairman was forced to ____ ____ due to poor health. (resign or leave - a position/job)
    step down
  • The building work was ___ ___ by a local contractor. (Do and complete a task)
    carried out
  • Can you ___ ___ what our customers think of their local bank service? (discover a fact or piece of information)
    find out
  • These files ___ ___ a lot of disk space. (Fill a articular amount of space or time)
    take up
  • The meeting has been ___ ___ to next week. (delay or postpone)
    put back
  • There are signs that the recession has ____ ___ (stop getting worse)
    bottomed out
  • We'll ___ ___ another minute, then we'l have to go. (wait)
    hold on
  • The group plans to ___ -__ an import and export business. (start - a business)
    set up
  • "I'll ____ you ____ when I've heard something about the interview. (telephone someone again)
    call back
  • With the weather worsening, they have ___ ___ their field trip. (cancel something)
    called off
  • Some local businesses have offered to ___ ___ the museum. (To rescue somebody from a difficult situation, especially financial problems)
    bail out
  • We can't really imagine what our company's ____ ____ (Experience something bad)
    going through
  • I'm going to have to cancel our meeting, something´s ____ ____ . (happen or arise)
    come up
  • The firm has decided to ____ ____ its Berlin branch. (stop operating)
    close down
  • His answers were ___ ____ on the chart. (write something down)
    noted down
  • We ___ ____ to hearing from you soon. (feeling pleased and excited about something that is going to happen)
    look forward
  • She told us to ___ ___ with our work. (Continue or start doing something).
    get on
  • The firm will ____ ___ unless business improves. (become bankrupt)
    go under
  • It's a good idea to___ ___ your files onto a memory stick. (make a copy of information)
    back up