- Back/Pull out of = to decide not to do something that has been already arranged/to retreat from…
Example:
- Our company pulled out of the deal with XYZ because of the new terms.
- Bail out = Giving capital to financially troubled companies in order to save them
Example:
- Because of the pandemic situation, many tourism companies, restaurants and other business need to be bailed out with taxpayer money.
- Buy out = Paying to take over a company, buying all the shares from others, buying somebody’s business
Example:
- When their initial interest in the business was lost, we bought them out.
The direct object is a pronoun -> its position is between the verb and the preposition
- Hammer out = Finding a solution after a lot of discussions or producing something with difficulty
Example:
- The deal between us and our partners has been finally hammered out. It took us long hours and a lot of meetings.
- Head up = to lead or manage an organisation, or raise further
Example:
- All the prices in food industry are heading up further.
- Who heads up the marketing department?
- Iron out =To remove problems, to perfect, to remove flaws
Example:
- They want to reject the contracts, we need to iron out all these problems with the delayed payments.