Business 50 phrases: To think outside the box

To thom it may concern To touch base

Please find attached Word of mouth

FYI A Yes man

ASAP Red tape

CV To play hardball

Resume Downsizing

Moving you to BCC To let go

I’m CC’ing somebody in an e-mail To set one's foot in the door

Team building To be on the same page

Cooperation To drop the ball

Collaboration To be in the black

Start from scratch To be in the red

9 to 5 My hands are tied

Set deadlines / meet deadlines Staff shakeup

To give the greenlight Outsourcing

Behind schedule / ahead of schedule Target demographic

Elevator pitch
End user
To catch up
Mission statement
Stay on budget / go over budget
Return on investment (ROI)
Sign off on (something)
From the ground up
To be ahead of the curve

A ballpark figure

To kick off

White collar

To look at the big picture

To play by the book

To call it a day

To corner the market

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