19 USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS FOR BUSINESS!
19 USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS FOR BUSINESS! Native English speakers use phrasal verbs all the time. So, you need to understand their meaning if you want to follow conversations; and they’ll also make you sound great if you use them yourself. In this lesson, you’ll learn 19 really useful phrasal verbs to use in business and at work, or in general. This is the second part of a new series. Learn these phrasal verbs, then use them whenever you can. 1 Print out / print off
If you “print out” a document, you make a paper copy of it, often from a printer connected to your computer: “I printed out a copy of the report and gave it to my boss.”
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Come up
If a problem, situation or issue “comes up”, it appears suddenly and unexpectedly: “Something has come up and we won’t be able to meet the deadline.”
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Chase up
If you “chase up” someone, you try to contact them so they can pay a bill, help you, answer a question, etc.: “There are several clients with unpaid bills that we need to chase up.”
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Call off
If you “call off” an event, you cancel it: “I’m afraid we’re going to have to call off our lunchtime appointment as something really urgent has come up.”
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Take on
If you “take on” work, you agree to do it: “I think I’ve taken on too much work as I just can’t keep up.”
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Carry out
If you “carry out” a survey, an experiment, or some research, you do that thing: “They carried out the survey to find out which travel destinations were the most popular.”
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Sort out
If you “sort out” a problem, you fix it or find a solution to it: “They had to recall their electric scooters to sort out the exploding battery problems.”
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Cash in
If you “cash in” your shares, bonds, etc., you exchange them for money: “These bonds can be cashed in at any time.”
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5 Pull off / bring off
If you “bring off” something, you’re successful, even though it’s difficult to do: “They said they’d complete the project by Friday. Do you think they can pull it off?”
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in on
If you “cash in on” an event, situation or development, you take advantage of it in order to make money: “The supermarket cashed in on the popularity of vegetarianism by bringing out their own range of vegetarian burgers.”
