The Meeting

3. / Sorry, can you ___ the question? I was on my phone.
6. / I'll keep this ___. Corporate lie #1.
8. / We need to ___ the needle on this. Nobody knows what this means. Including the person saying it.
9. / My ___ is having issues. It isn't.
10. / Getting ___. A word used in sentences that mean nothing.
11. / I'll ___ back to you on that. I won't.
13. / Let's go around the ___ so everyone can pretend they were paying attention.
15. / My ___ was muted. Sure it was.
16. / Wait, what ___ are we on? I've been on LinkedIn for twenty minutes.
19. / We don't have the ___ for that. Translation: no.
21. / Happy ___! Nobody means this. Nobody.
23. / Can everyone see my ___? No. Nobody can. This will take four minutes.

1. / Maybe we can ___ that for now. Translation: this is dead. It's over. Goodbye.
2. / I'll ___ that in the notes. The notes no one will read.
4. / Let's give it a minute for everyone to ___. It will not be a minute.
5. / Let's take that ___. Translation: I don't want to deal with this in front of everyone.
6. / Let's ___ this into phases because we have absolutely no idea what we're doing.
7. / Let's ___ that as a risk and then never discuss it again.
8. / We need to ___ a decision today. We will not ___ a decision today.
12. / I think what you're ___ to say is... and then they say something completely different.
14. / I think we're ___ the point. Yes. We have been for forty minutes.
17. / Sorry, you're on ___. You've been on ___ for three minutes. We heard everything.
18. / Just to ___ off what she said, because I have nothing original to add.
20. / I'll ___ you in on the thread you absolutely did not need to be added to.
22. / We need to ___ expectations. Specifically yours.