Someone says, “I’ll take that away,” in a meeting. Have they agreed with you?
Not necessarily.
For example:
🔵 I’m not sure those figures are correct. I’ll take that away and check with finance.
🔵 You’ve raised a good point about the deadline. I’ll take that away and speak to the project team.
🔵 We may need another person on the account. Let me take that away and see what we can do.
The phrase sounds positive, but it doesn’t mean a decision has been made. The person may still come back and say no.
So before the meeting ends, you can ask:
“When should we come back to this?”
or
“Could you let us know once you’ve checked?”
Small phrases like this can be difficult because the words are simple, but the real workplace meaning is not always obvious.
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