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1 I've told him over and over again but I just cannot ______ into David that he has got to be careful about respecting the firm's secrets.
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2 If you want me to look at what you've written, just ______ it off at my place and I'll give it a glance through.
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3 I agree that we should make the instructions easy but telling people to plug in the machine is really ______ down a bit too much.
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4 Tom phoned me at work today. He said he might ______ by this evening.
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5 I'm afraid we've ______ behind our competitors in terms of productivity and investment.
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6 I used to be a member of the tennis club but I never found the time to play so I ______ out after a while.
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7 All you've done since you got here is moan. Why don't you just ______ up.
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8 He was ______ out of the organisation because he took some money from the petty cash.
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9 We used to be the leader in this market but we have now ______ back to second place.
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10 Hope you feel better soon. If it's all right with you, I'll ______ by and pick up those files I need.
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11 He used to be an alcoholic but he has managed to ______ out.
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12 I couldn't hear what he said as his voice was ______ out by the noise of a passing plane.
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13 When the new photocopier stopped working, we ______ down the old one and it worked beautifully.
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14 The flow of foreign investment into the country has almost completely ______ up.
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15 His presentation was so boring that soon half the audience were ______ off.
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16 I'd forget about what happened and think about the future instead. It's not a good idea to ______ on the past.
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17 I ______ into the book shop on my way here and I found just the book we need.
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18 We'll have to campaign hard to try and ______ up support for the project.
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19 It was a complete disaster. Halfway through the presentation, my mind went blank and I completely ______ up.
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20 We'll have to find a way to ______ up new business.
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