Phrasal verbs in Business English 7

✓ Useful for TOEIC ✓ Useful for Cambridge BEC

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Complete each sentence with one of the following phrasal verbs: keep tabs on, call for, fall behind, run out, lay off, force down, cap off, mark up, let on, wipe out

1. The manufacturer plans to 1,000 workers this year. (meaning: eliminate their jobs)✓

2. The company managed to the year with a profitable quarter. (meaning: complete it successfully)✓

3. If they do not invest in their infrastructure, they will their competitors. (meaning: perform progressively worse than them)✓

4. The statute of limitations will next month. (meaning: expire)✓

5. Reports suggest that the CEO will a return to the company's core values. (meaning: request publicly)✓

6. This will most likely lead them to their prices next year. (meaning: increase them)✓

7. They did not that their customers had worse credit ratings than they claimed. (meaning: reveal)✓

8. The attempt to interest rates failed. (meaning: lower them through pressure)✓

9. The proposed measures will not the national debt. (meaning: eliminate it completely)✓

10. If we do not expenditures, we may exceed the budget. (meaning: monitor them carefully)✓

💬 Useful phrases
“follow up on” — to check the progress of something previously discussed or initiated
“carry out” — to perform or complete a task or plan
“take on” — to accept or begin a new responsibility, task, or challenge
“bring up” — to introduce a topic or issue for discussion in a meeting or conversation
“put forward” — to suggest or propose an idea for consideration
“wrap up” — to conclude or finish a meeting, project, or activity
“break down” — to analyze something in detail, or to stop functioning
“set up” — to establish, organize, or prepare something for operation