Business Phrasal Verbs! Learn business phrasal verbs and expressions commonly used in the workplace

Common Business Phrasal Verbs Part 2

Meaning: Expand or extend one’s interests
Example: I’m leaving the company to branch out on my own.

Meaning: Enter (with effort or force)
Example: It’s always been his ambition to break into broadcasting.

Meaning: Continue
Example: He moved to New York to carry on his work

Meaning: Stop operating
Example: The firm has decided to close down its Chicago branch.

Meaning: Feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen
Example: We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Meaning: Write something down
Example: Her answers were noted down on the chart.

Meaning: Resign or leave (a position/job)
Example: The chairman was forced to step down due to ill health.

Meaning: Become successful or popular very fast
Example: Her business has really taken off.

Meaning: Fill a particular amount of space or time
Example: These files take up a lot of disk space.

Meaning: Consider carefully the advantages or disadvantages of a situation
Example: I’m weighing up my options before I decide to apply for the job.

Meaning: Make a copy of information
Example: It’s a good idea to back up your files onto a memory stick.

Meaning: Do and complete a task
Example: The building work was carried out by a local contractor.

Meaning: Happen or arise
Example: I’m going to have to cancel our meeting – something’s come up.

Meaning: Continue or start doing something
Example: Can we please get on, because there are a lot of things still to discuss.

Meaning: Follow
Example: We try to keep up with what’s happening about financial news

Meaning: Start (a business)
Example: The group plans to set up an import business.

Meaning: Experience something bad
Example: We can’t really imagine what our company’s going through.

Meaning: Discover a fact or piece of information
Example: Can you find out what our customers think of their local bus service?

Meaning: Cancel something
Example: With the weather worsening, they have called off their field trip.

Meaning: To return a call or telephone someone again.
Example: I’ll call you back when I’ve heard something about the interview.