Hi, Fellas happy Friday night! How’s your work this week anyway? This evening I would like to share some phrasal verbs related to work.

1. “Carry out.” Meaning: doing a particular work, such as research, teaching, etc.
   • Example:
     • “The presentation will be carried out by Martin.”
2. “Take over.” Meaning: to take a control of something.
   • Example:
     • “The X company is going to take over our project in East Borneo.”
3. “Lay off.” Meaning: to end someone’s employment; to fire someone.
   • Example:
     • “Due to decreasing financial performance, the company would consider to lay some workers off.”
4. “Knuckle down.” Meaning: to start working hard.
   • Example:
     • “Since I finally got a manager position, I am going to knuckle it down.”
5. “Hand in.” Meaning: giving someone an authority.
   • Example:
     • “Since Mr. Jacob has an emergency, he handed his works in to me for a while.”
6. “Back up.” Meaning: giving a support or help.
   • Example
     • “Hey Liz, Ms. Catherine suddenly ask for my presence, would you mind if you back me up in the front desk for a while?
7. “Sign up.” Meaning: accepting to do something or to join an organisation. On the other hand, it also mean to officially register someone on (something), such as project, etc.
   • Example:
     • “Sometimes I hate my boss because he usually sign me up on a project without my consent.”
8. “Team up.” Meaning: to join a group or someone.
   • Example:
     • “Marketing and Sales Division generally teamed up in a company.”
9. “Slack off.” Meaning: to work less hard/necessary.
   • Example:
     • “My job is monotonous and it leads me to slack it off.”
10. “Sell off.” Meaning: to sell the products quickly and with a low price. I think we can say it as a (garage) sale, too.
    • Example:
      • “On the end of the year most fashion company will sell off their items.”

Source:

• Macmillan Dictionary (https://www.macmillandictionary.com/ )
• “10 phrasal verbs related to works” artiicle (https://preply.com/en/blog/2017/07/22/10-phrasal-verbs-related-to-work/”
• Cambridge Dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ )

Compiled and written by @mettaa_ for @EnglishTips4u on Friday, June 1, 2018