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Business English Vocabulary Quiz: Learn 'Go Through,' 'Leave Out,' 'Hold Onto,' and 'Hand Out'
- Erin West
- Feb 20
- 2 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
Welcome to the Business English Vocabulary Challenge! Today, we're learning four common Business English phrasal verbs.
Today's Challenge:
You’re trying to understand what happened in a recent project. Someone explains the situation, but something still doesn’t make sense...
Later, you say:
I wasn’t completely sure what happened. He did explain the issue, but ___ some important details.
A) went through
B) left out
C) held onto
D) handed out
Choose the correct option and listen to the sentence.
Did you get it right?
GO THROUGH
phrasal verb
to carefully examine something
Before we actually decide on anything, we'd better go through the contract again.
The manager will go through the report to check for any errors.
We should go through the data before presenting it to the client.
She always goes through her emails first thing in the morning.
I’ll need to go through these documents before the meeting.
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LEAVE OUT
phrasal verb
to not include something
Don’t leave out any details when explaining the project to the team.
She accidentally left out her contact details in the email.
The manager felt something was left out in the proposal, which delayed the decision.
The instructions were unclear because they left out several critical steps.
HOLD ONTO
phrasal verb
to keep something in your possession
You should hold onto your receipts for tax purposes.
It’s important to hold onto your ideas even if others don’t agree.
He advised us to hold onto our original plans for the next quarter.
She’s trying to hold onto her position despite the recent layoffs.
HAND OUT
phrasal verb
to distribute something to a group of people
The team leader will hand out the new project guidelines during the meeting.
The assistant handed out the brochures at the conference.
Please hand out the materials before the workshop begins.
The manager asked the receptionist to hand out the name tags to the attendees.
They handed out surveys to gather feedback after the seminar.
That's right! The correct answer is b) left out.
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