Exercise – 6

🔹 Climb the corporate ladder
🔸 Meaning: To rise in one’s career or get successive promotions

✅ He’s working hard to climb the corporate ladder.
✅ She climbed the corporate ladder faster than anyone else.

🔹 Think outside the box
🔸 Meaning: To think creatively or differently

✅ The company needs people who can think outside the box.
✅ His idea was selected because he thought outside the box.

🔹 Hit the ground running
🔸 Meaning: To start working effectively and energetically from the beginning

✅ We need someone who can hit the ground running.
✅ She hit the ground running in her new role.

🔹 Touch base
🔸 Meaning: To make contact or communicate briefly (often professionally)

✅ Let’s touch base after the meeting.
✅ I’ll touch base with HR tomorrow.

🔹 Bring to the table
🔸 Meaning: To contribute something valuable or useful

✅ What skills do you bring to the table?
✅ He brings years of experience to the table.

🔹 By the book
🔸 Meaning: To follow rules and procedures exactly

✅ She always does everything by the book.
✅ The audit was done strictly by the book.

🔹 Fast track something
🔸 Meaning: To make a process happen more quickly

✅ The manager fast-tracked his promotion.
✅ We need to fast-track this project.

🔹 Learn the ropes
🔸 Meaning: To learn how to do a new job or activity

✅ It took her a month to learn the ropes.
✅ He is still learning the ropes in his new job.

🔹 Game changer
🔸 Meaning: Something that completely changes a situation or industry

✅ Her idea was a game changer for the company.
✅ AI is a game changer in many industries.

🔹 In the loop
🔸 Meaning: To be informed or included in a process

✅ Keep me in the loop about the project.
✅ She’s not in the loop about the changes.