Common phrasal verbs to talk about your work and career, and to describe being busy and working hard

Phrasal Verbs: Work and Career

accept a particular job or responsibility

give someone the information they need to do something

leave an important job or position so that someone else can do it instead

start doing a job or being responsible for something that someone else was doing before you

do or complete something, especially something important

give someone else responsibility or control

do something in addition to what you have already done in order to make it more likely to succeed

be so busy that you are unable to see or speak to anyone else

become more and more (used with something unpleasant, like work, bills, or debt)

do something that you did not have time to do earlier

start doing something different from what you usually do

continue working hard at something even though it is difficult or takes a long time

manage to see someone or do something when you are very busy and don't have much time available

avoid doing something that other people think you should do