​​👨🏻‍💼BUSINESS Idioms

🚩close the books = stop taking orders, end a bookkeeping period

▪️They usually close the books at the end of February every year.

🚩cold call = call a potential customer from a list of persons one has never seen

▪️When he first started to work at his company he was asked to make cold calls using the telephone book.

🚩come on strong = overwhelm with excessively strong language or personality

▪️ The salesman came on too strong at the meeting and angered the other members of the team.

🚩cut back = use fewer or use less

▪️The company has been cutting back on entertainment expenses for over a year now.

🚩cut corners = economize


▪️We have been forced to cut corners on stationary expenses during these severe economic times