Get on = (1) have a good relationship with someone: "She gets on well with the Accounts Director"
= (2) to progress: "How are you getting on with the launch?"
Take on = employ people: "We aren't taking on any more staff this year."
Go on = continue: "Please go on. I'd like to hear more about your plans for the new office."
Sit on = to stall or delay something: "We proposed this some time ago, but the Chairman has been sitting on the plans and we're no further forward."
Build on = use your successes to go further: "They built on their early success and soon expanded to become the biggest catering firm in the South East."
Crack on = work fast: "I'm sorry I can't stop and talk – I need to crack on with some work."
Work on = use your influence with someone: "Leave it with me – I'll work on the boss over the next fortnight."
Pick on = bully: "She feels that her colleagues are picking on her because she is so popular with management."
Decide on = choose: "What colour have you decided on for the staff canteen?"
Hold on = wait: "Please hold on and I will see if Mr Harris is available."
Pass on = give a message to someone: "I'll pass your message on to her when she returns."
Try on = test someone's authority: "Don't take any notice of his behaviour – he's just trying it on with you!"
WITH "OFF"
break off = suddenly stop talking.
He started to speak but then broke off to answer the phone.
break something off = break off something = end a relationship.
They broke off their engagement after four years.
get off = leave a place.
I will try to get off after lunch.
get off = not be punished for something.
In the end she got off because there wasn't enough evidence against her.
give off something = produce a smell, heat, sound, etc.
The walls gave off a smell of paint for a week.
make off = leave quickly, escape.
The thief made off as the police arrived.
make off with something = steal something.
The thief made off with her bag.
run something off = run off something = quickly print some copies of something.
Please run off a few more copies before the meeting.
run something off = run off something = write a poem, speech, etc. quickly and easily.
She could run off an essay in less than an hour.
run somebody off something = force somebody to leave a place.
She ran the dog off her house with a stick.
run off with somebody = secretly go away with somebody to marry him/her or live with him/her.
She decided to run off with a married man.
take off = (aircrafts) rise into the air.
The plane took off on time.
take off = start being successful.
Helen's career took off when she began working in tourism.
take something off = take off something = remove a piece of clothing.
He took off his shoes before entering the house.
take somebody off = take off somebody = imitate somebody.
She took off the teacher and everyone laughed.
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