Business Collocations with Take
Welcome to another episode of The Art of Business English. This week I have some more useful vocabulary and expression for you to make you sound even more awesome in your next interaction in English.
Today, we are going to be looking at 15 collocations that use the verb “take”. These collocations are very useful and commonly used by native English speakers. What’s more, I will provide you with the meaning, and an example sentence so that you can understand them in context.
Let’s dive in.
Phrasal verbs for business meetings
Take On
Meaning: confront
Take someone up on an offer
Meaning: Accept an offer
Take down
Meaning: to write down on paper or make a note of something
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Take into account/consideration
Meaning: To think about
Take one’s time to do something
Meaning: make a commitment or effort
Take issue with
Meaning: disagree with
Take a decision
Meaning: decide to do something
Take a look at
Meaning: look casually at
Take (stress/maternity) leave
Meaning: time off work for personal issues
Take a rain check
Meaning: postpone or delay something
Take charge of a situation
Meaning: assume control of something
Take action
Meaning: act or do something practical
Take part in something
Meaning: participate
Take the lead
Meaning: have initiative
Take responsibility for
Meaning: accept the blame for something
There is my list of 15 useful collocations for business that use the verb “take”. I am sure you will agree they are easy to use and you may have even heard of some.
Finally, in the last part of this episode, I am going to share with you some example sentences and for those of you who speak English, you can also benefit from the Spanish translation.
Expression in context
Take a look at the table below.
English | Example | Spanish |
|---|---|---|
Take on | “He took on management to improve conditions for workers.” | Enfrentarse |
Take up/take someone up on | “I would like to take you up on your offer. Let’s arrange a meeting to discuss the details.” | Aceptar |
Take down | “Can you please take down some of these ideas so we can share them with the team?” | Anotar |
Take into consideration/account | “There are several factors we need to take into consideration before we decide to cancel the contract.” | Tener en cuenta |
Take one’s time to do something | “I really appreciate you for taking the time to help me finish this report.” | Dedicar tiempo a |
Take issue with | “I’m sorry, but I take issue with your last statement. This is not actually what happened.” | No estar de acuerdo con |
Take a decision | “Now that we have all of the facts, it is time to take a decision. All in favour?” | Tomar una decisión |
Take a look at | “When you get the time, can you take a look at the latest P&L?” | Echar un vistazo |
Take (stress/maternity) leave | “We will have to find a temporary fill in, as Maria is taking maternity leave next month.” | Baja por… |
Take a rain check | “Can we take a rain check on our lunch date?” | Postponer por otra ocasión |
Take charge of a situation | “Can someone step up and take charge of this situation?” | Tomar el control de |
Take action | “If we don’t take action soon, then we will lose control of the situation.” | Actuar |
Take part in something | “I would like at least one member from each department to take part in organising the event.” | Tomar parte en |
Take the lead | “That is one thing I admire about Jane; she always takes the lead on any problems that need solving.” | Tomar la iniciativa |
Take responsibility for | “Unless we take responsibility for the poor sales results, we will never reach our sales targets.” | Asumir la culpa |
Final thoughts
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