7 useful English expressions for working as a team
To build a team
This is when you choose who will be part of the team and go through the process of helping them work well together. We can use the expression ‘team building’ as an adjective or verb to talk about this process of cultivating a good working relationship within the team.
To be a team player
To be a person who works well as part of a team.
To gel
This is when the members of a team have good relationships with each other and work well together.
To touch base with someone
This means to get in contact or meet up with someone, generally to discuss progress.
To catch up with someone
To meet with someone and discuss what you have been doing or working on recently.
To step on someone’s toe
To do something that might interfere with the way another person wants to do a task.
To bounce ideas off someone
To share an idea with someone and get their opinion on whether it is good or bad.