Can you multitask ?

I tried to manage three projects at once, but I ended up doing none of them well—I really ________.

• chip away at

• bite off more than I can chew

• take a toll on

If we don’t assign someone to track those small customer complaints, they’ll __________.

• crank out

• spread myself too thin

• slip through the cracks

Working 12-hour shifts without proper breaks can really __________ your health over time.

• take a toll on

• part and parcel of

• chip away at

Even if it’s a tough conversation with the client, __________—we have to deliver the bad news.

• crank out

• there’s no getting around it

• bite off more than I can chew

After lunch, I plan to __________ those reports so we can send them out before the end of the day.

• chip away at

• crank out

• take a toll on

I realized I had too many commitments when I started to __________ and missed an important deadline.

• spread myself too thin

• slip through the cracks

• chip away at

Checking emails, answering calls, and handling urgent tasks is just __________ working in customer service.

• bite off more than I can chew

• part and parcel of

• crank out

Instead of finishing it all at once, I decided to __________ the project one hour at a time.

• chip away at

• spread myself too thin

• take a toll on