Business Phrasal Verbs x40

to apply for to request something He applied for a loan.

to bail out to help a person/organization/ The government bailed out many banks
country in financial difficulty during the financial crisis of 2008.

to break into to penetrate Alibaba would like to break into the American
market.

to carry out to do The company carried out market research.

to cash in on to make money from an event Havaianas cashed in on the FIFA World Cup
2014 in Brazil.

to catch on to become popular The iPad caught on very quickly and sold like
hot cakes.

to come out to appear on the market The iPhone 6 came out in October.

to come up with to have an idea Advertisers come up with ideas to promote

products.

to comply with to respect rules/regulations The product must comply with EU standards.

to conjure up to evoke The word ‘England’ conjures up tea and rain.

to draw up to prepare a list or I drew up a handbook to explain how it

written document works.

to find out to get information I don’t know why you haven’t received your
order, but I’ll find out.

to get back to to contact again I’ll get back to you first thing this afternoon.

to get round to to find the time I haven’t got round to it yet.

To get used to to learn the habit

to go over to repeat again Can we go over what we’ve agreed ?

to lay off to make redundant Many workers were laid off during the
economic crisis.

to look forward to anticipate with pleasure I look forward to doing further business
with you.

to look up to search for information I’ll look up the price in the catalogue.
by looking in a book, on internet

to make up for to compensate I’ll grant you a discount to make up for the
inconvenience.
to move on to to change subject That brings me to the end of the company
history. Now I’ll move on to the range.

to pay off to bear fruit, to be successful His hard work has paid off.

to pay off to reimburse He paid off his loan in 5 years.

to point out to mention to give I’d like to point out the benefits of this
information product.

to put off to postpone Can we put off our appointment ?

to put through to connect someone on Can you put me through to the CEO ?
the telephone

to put up with to accept an unpleasant The PA has a demanding boss. She has a lot
situation to put up with.

to revolve around to have as the main interest The film revolves around the relationship
or subject between the girl and her parents.

to run out of to have no more left We’ll have to call it a day because we have
run out of time.

to shop around to compare prices and quality Let’s shop around for the best deal.

to show round to show someone a place When you come to Nice, I’ll show you round.
they haven’t visited before

to stand out to be noticeable This candidate really stands out.

to take out to get He took out a loan to pay the start-up costs.

to take over to buy / to acquire In 2006 Google took over YouTube.

to take up to accept an offer He offered me a job and I took it up.

to tap into to exploit We need to tap into the creativity of the

workers.

to try on to try a piece of clothing People try on clothes before buying them.

to try out to test a new product/person etc. Can I try out the laptop ?

to turn down to refuse He offered her a job, but she turned it down.

to turn round to change an unsuccessful The company was on the verge of

situation into a successful one bankruptcy and she turned it round.

to work out to calculate I need to work out how much it costs.