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Business phrasal verbs: meanings

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  • cut in [on sb/sth]
    interrupt
  • put in a good word for (sb)
    say something positive
  • Rabbit on [about]
    to talk for too long about something that is not important or interesting
  • called in
    asked to do something
  • turn to [ing] / turn to [sth/sb]
    to start doing something new or different from what you were doing before | to go to sb/sth for help when you are having difficulty dealing with a situation
  • give in [to] + noun
    surrender
  • press ahead/on (with something)
    ​to continue doing something in a determined way; to hurry forward.
  • pick up
    receive
  • catch up [with]
    do something that should be done
  • look into [something]
    to investigate/research
  • count on (sb)
    depend on
  • run sth by [sb]
    to tell someone your ideas so that they can give you their opinion
  • step in [for sb]
    take their place
  • butt in (on somebody/something)
    ​to interrupt a conversation rudely
  • note down
    write
  • work something/sb out
    agree/ understand someone's character.
  • give up
    abandon
  • work out sth [by + ing*] | at $$ **
    find the answer to something / *solve a sum or determine an amount by calculation/ **be calculated at a certain figure or amount.+
  • put in
    give
  • get back to [ sb] [on sth]
    reply