Example: Be up for – fancy (gerund)
Are you up for starting a business in the near future?
- Be mixed up in – be involved in
You had better not be involved in arguments at work?
- Carry out – realize something
We are carrying out a really important project at work right now.
- Come up with – have an idea
Have you come up with a plan of action to tackle this project?
- Deal with – have under control
I can deal with a lot of pressure at work before a deadline
- Drop out of – not participate in
I have dropped out of the running for the manager’s job as I am not well qualified enough
- End up – what will occur
Did the project end up being a success?
- Get on (with) – start working
We should get on with our work and stop gossiping.
- Get out (of) – not have to do
He is so lazy and always gets out of the complicated projects.
- Give in – quit
You ought to try your best and never give in.
- Go over – review
We ought to go over the numbers before handing in the report to the boss.
- Kick off – stop working
I always start with a coffee to kick off the working day.
- Knuckle down – start working
It isn´t easy to knuckle down with so much commotion in the office.
- Press on – get on with your work
We had better press on if we are to meet the deadline.
14. Push on – continue working
It can be hard to push on when one finds so many obstacles in their path.
- Set out (infinitive) – plan some work
We didn´t set out to finish on Friday, but it all went well and we managed it.
- Set to – get started
We set to work on the next project immediately as we were still eager to progress.
- Set up – start a business
I would love to set up an online business sooner or later.
- Shut down – close a business
My father´s business shut down last year.
- Snow under – be overwhelmed
It is never a good idea to snow under or overwhelm new employees, you should ease them in.
- Take on – hire
We hired a community manager last week to sought out our marketing on social media.
- Turn out (infinitive) – end up (gerund)
The project turned out to be a great success!
- Take over – assume control
As soon as we find the funds, we will take our closest rivals over.
- Wind down – slowly come to an end
We have all wound down our projects in the last few weeks before Christmas so we can have a good break.
- Wind up – gradually go out of business
The local shops have all wound up over the last few years.
- Work on – focus a lot of attention on something
We ought to work on the SEO on our site to make sure that it is optimized and reaches our target audience.
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