Business English Phrasal Verbs

Business English Phrases

By Marin Valchev On Apr 25, 2015

This article contains a list of some of the most common Business English Phrasal Verbs and Collocations.

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Business English Phrasal Verbs

to back /someone/ up – to support someone
branch out – to expand, to grow /for example – into new markets/
to call /someone/ back – to return someone a phone call
to call off – to cancel an event /to cancel a meeting for example/
to carry something out – to do something that needs to be organized
to close down – stop operating mostly because of financial problems
to cut in – to interrupt someone
to deal with – to resolve / handle a problem. One of the most used business English phrasal verbs.
to drop in – to visit
to note down – to write
to join in – to participate
to run out of – have no more of something
to fill out – to complete /a form or a paper/
to figure /something/ out – to find the answer or understand something
to get /something/ back – to get something again
get on – to make progress
to give in – agree to do or accept something that you had at first opposed
to go after something/somebody – to follow someone or try to achieve something
to hand something – to give something to someone in authority
to hand something out – to distribute something to a group of people
to keep something up – to continue doing something
to let someone down – to to disappoint someone – to not do something that someone expects you to do
to let someone in – to allow to enter
to look into – to try to find out the reason about a problem in order to solve it
to look /something/ over – to check something quickly
to pass /something/ out – to give something, such as documents or papers, to everyone in a group of people
to put /something/ off – to postpone
to set /something/ up – to organize an event/ to start /a business/
to sort /something/ out – to resolve a problem, to organize something that is mixed up
to think /something/ over – to consider something carefully. One of the most used business English phrasal verbs.
to take on – to employ /staff/.

See also useful telephone phrases and business presentation phrases in English.