Phrasal verbs with "off & down"

1. The companies calmed/called/took off their merger plans late Monday citing 'adverse market conditions'.

• calmed

• called

• took

If motivation and morale go/call/turn down, customer service could suffer

• go

• call

• turn

1. Many customer service representatives will put an angry caller on hold, believing that the hold time will allow them a moment to lay/put/calm down.

• lay

• put

• calm

1. On Thursday, the enterprise e-commerce platform Vtex announced that it would lay/put/cut off 193 employees.

• lay

• put

• cut

1. Contact your loan provider to find out if you are allowed to use a credit card to pay/go/let off the loan balance.

• pay

• go

• let

1. Your customers are the livelihood of your business. So customer service isn't something you can ignore or pay/put/take off.

• 1. pay

• put

• take

1. Instead of saying an outright “no” which could seem rude, find a way to cut down/let/turn down a request in a positive manner.

• cut

• let

• turn

1. 
   You can say “Sorry for the inconvenience” or "This is unacceptable and we realise we call/let/pay you down".

• call

• let

• pay

1. An automated return management system can immediately help turn/cut/take down on the customer service hours spent on returns.

• turn

• cut

• take

1. United Airlines launched their Agent on Demand program. It really took/laid/called off, and customers can now connect directly with customer service reps through SMS, live mobile video and chat.

• took

• laid

• called