Business Idioms & cryptocurrencies

Causing a bottleneck

Creating an obstacle or delay in progress or production

The bottom line

net income or loss

Get on board

agree or accept sth.

Across the board

everywhere, applying to everybody

Call it a day

finish for today

Cut our losses

stop doing sth that is already failing in order to reduce the amount of time or money that is being wasted on

Cut corners

save money or effort by finding easier or cheaper ways to do sth

Take somebody on board

employ someone

A can of worms

a source of many unpredictable and complicated problems

Close a deal

complete a negotiation

Breath down someone’s neck

watch someone's actions very closely

keep a cool head

stay calm

look forward to

eagerly wait for

cut down

reduce

sum up

summarising

put forward

suggest

lay off

dismiss

get on to

make contact with

get out

leave, escape

get down to

begin to do sth

come up with

think of or produce

pull out of

withdraw from

knock off

leave work to go home

stand out

be noticeable

slack off

work less hard than usual

go under

go bankrupt

a cryptocurrency

a digital form of money produced by a public company

money laundering

moving and transferring illegal money to make it seem legal

a seizure

taking something using legal authority

conceal

to keep something secret

high-profile

attracting a lot of attention in the media

a ledger

a record of money received and paid

reconstruct

to build or create sth again

a crackdown

a situation where there is more effort to punish people for a specific crime

major contributor

a big part of the value of sth

associated with

connected to

carry out sth.

to conduct

the first stage of a process

starting point

masked by

hidden

emergence

appearance or arrival of sth

implications

results of an action

fall through

fail

break the ice

make someone you have not met before feel more relaxed

get away with

escape blame or punishment