Phrasal verbs in Business English 7

✓ Useful for TOEIC ✓ Useful for Cambridge BEC

💬 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

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

1. Ford plans to 1,000 workers this year. ( = 1,000 workers will lose their jobs)✓

2. The company managed to ( = complete) the year with a profitable quarter.✓

3. If they don't invest in their infrastructure, they will ( = start to perform worse than) their competitors.✓

4. The statute of limitations will ( = expire, end) next month.✓

5. Rumor has it that the CEO is going to ( = ask for, request) a return to the core values of the company.✓

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

7. They ( = pretended) that their customers had better credit ratings than they actually did.✓

8. The attempt to ( = lower) interest rates failed.✓

9. Most analysts believe that the President's plan will not ( = eliminate) the national debt like he claims it will.✓

10. If we don't expenditures ( = observe expenditures carefully), we will go bankrupt. (* not technically a phrasal verb, more of an idiom)✓