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Business English: 25 Phrasal Verbs

Business English: 25 Phrasal Verbs


    11. Deal with
    Type: Inseparable, transitive
    Meaning: To handle, work on
    Example: Our new department head will deal with the training of new staff members.

    22. Take over
    Type: Separable, intransitive
    Meaning: To get control or responsibility for something
    Example: Tom will take over the sales department and become its new manager.

    33. Look into
    Type: Inseparable, transitive
    Meaning: To investigate, learn more about
    Example: We are now looking into new software to use in our training.

    44. Look up to
    Type: Inseparable, transitive
    Meaning: To respect
    Example: Many of our co-workers look up to Paul, and he is well-liked by his students as well.

    55. Look for
    Type: Inseparable, transitive
    Meaning: To search
    Example: They are looking for a candidate who can speak both Chinese and Portuguese.

    66. Look through
    Type: Inseparable, transitive
    Meaning: To search many things
    Example: They had to look through all of last month’s receipts to find the one they wanted.

    77. Catch on
    Type: Inseparable, intransitive
    Meaning: To finally understand, to understand something that other people already understand
    Example: Jim learns quickly, therefore he caught on after trying only two times.

    88. Get ahead
    Type: Inseparable, intransitive
    Meaning: To move up in position, improve your career
    Example: My boss told me that if I wanted to get ahead, I would need to work a little harder.

    99. Drop in
    Type: Inseparable, intransitive
    Meaning: To make an unexpected visit
    Example: I am always nervous when our CEO drops in.

    110. Drop off (1)
    Type: Inseparable, intransitive
    Meaning: A sharp decrease
    Example: At the end of summer there was a drop off in sales of bottled water.

    111. Drop off (2)
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To deliver
    Example: The new receptionist dropped our plans off on her way home.

    112. Fill in (1)
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To write or type an item on a form
    Example: You can’t go on to page 2 until you fill in every answer on page 1.

    113. Fill in (2)
    Type: Inseparable, intransitive
    Meaning: To do a job or hold a position temporarily
    Example: When the president is away, the vice president will fill in.

    114. Bring up
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To say or introduce a topic or issue
    Example: Whenever we have a meeting, our manager brings up the fact that we are improving every month.

    115. Break down
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To explain something or divide something into parts
    Example: The new security system seemed confusing until Mary broke it down into five easy steps.

    116. Hold up
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To cause a delay
    Example: The bad weather is holding progress up on the new bridge.

    117. Turn down
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To reject / quit
    Example: Larry turned down a job at another company so that he could continue his work here.

    118. Think through
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To consider carefully and thoroughly
    Example: The marketing team did not think it through carefully before giving the product such a silly name.

    119. Spell out
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To say something in a simple way
    Example: Don misunderstood the question so we had to spell it out for him.

    220. Point out
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To indicate or show something
    Example: Everyone at the meeting was surprised when she pointed outthe accounting department’s mistake.

    221. Cut down
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To reduce, make something less
    Example: We will be cutting down the electricity bill by installing solar panels.

    222. Cut out
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To completely remove or erase
    Example: Last year we cut out spending on TV commercials in order to increase spending on radio commercials.

    223. Call off
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To cancel
    Example: The department meeting was called off this week so please use your time wisely.

    224. Chip in
    Type: Inseparable, intransitive
    Meaning: To give some help
    Example: If everyone chips in, we will be able to finish the job by lunch time.

    225. Put off
    Type: Separable, transitive
    Meaning: To postpone, delay
    Example: The construction on the new building was put off because of all the rain this summer.

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