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Phrasal Verbs Explained
Phrasal Verbs: Phrasal verbs are phrases that consist of a verb and one or more particles (like prepositions or adverbs) that create a new meaning. For example, “give up” means to stop trying.
Business Phrasal Verbs Explained in Easy English
- Take over: To gain control of a company or business from someone else.
- Example: The larger company will take over the smaller one next year.
- Bring up: To mention a topic or idea in a conversation.
- Example: She brought up a good point during the meeting.
- Run out: To use all of something so that there is none left.
- Example: We ran out of paper for the printer.
- Cut back: To reduce the amount of something, often spending or resources.
- Example: The company decided to cut back on expenses this year.
- Lay off: To terminate an employee’s job, usually because of economic reasons.
- Example: The company had to lay off several workers to save money.
- Fill out: To complete a form or document by writing information on it.
- Example: Please fill out this application form.
- Fill in: To provide missing information in a document or form.
- Example: Can you fill in your name and address here?
- Phase out: To gradually stop using or producing something.
- Example: The company will phase out the old product by next year.
- Hand in: To submit something, like a report or assignment.
- Example: Please hand in your project by Friday.
- Hand out: To distribute something to a group of people.
- Example: The manager will hand out the new company policies to everyone.
- Look into: To investigate or research a situation or issue.
- Example: I will look into the problem and find a solution.
- Step down: To resign or leave a position of authority.
- Example: The CEO decided to step down after ten years.
- Put off: To postpone something to a later time.
- Example: We need to put off the meeting until next week.
- Call off: To cancel an event or meeting.
- Example: They had to call off the conference due to bad weather.
- Wrap up: To finish or complete something.
- Example: Let’s wrap up the meeting and summarize what we discussed.
Practice
Business Phrasal Verbs Quiz
- The company plans to _______ a new competitor next year.
- A) take over
- B) hand out
- C) wrap up
- Can you _______ the budget issues during the presentation?
- A) run out
- B) bring up
- C) call off
- We will _______ of supplies if we don’t order more soon.
- A) fill out
- B) run out
- C) hand in
- The manager told us to _______ on unnecessary spending.
- A) step down
- B) cut back
- C) phase out
- Due to financial issues, the company had to _______ some employees.
- A) lay off
- B) fill in
- C) look into
- Please _______ this form with your details before submitting it.
- A) fill out
- B) hand out
- C) put off
- Don’t forget to _______ your name in the document.
- A) run out
- B) fill in
- C) take over
- The company plans to _______ the old software by next year.
- A) phase out
- B) call off
- C) hand in
- Make sure to _______ your report by the end of the day.
- A) wrap up
- B) hand in
- C) look into
- The manager will _______ the documents during the meeting.
- A) phase out
- B) hand out
- C) step down
- We need to _______ the meeting until everyone is available.
- A) cut back
- B) call off
- C) put off
- I will _______ the issues with the software and report back.
- A) look into
- B) step down
- C) take over
- The CEO announced that she will _______ next month.
- A) hand out
- B) call off
- C) step down
- They had to _______ the conference due to scheduling conflicts.
- A) call off
- B) phase out
- C) run out
- Let’s _______ the meeting with a quick summary of our decisions.
- A) wrap up
- B) fill out
- C) take over
Answers
- A) take over
- B) bring up
- B) run out
- B) cut back
- A) lay off
- A) fill out
- B) fill in
- A) phase out
- B) hand in
- B) hand out
- C) put off
- A) look into
- C) step down
- A) call off
- A) wrap up