Incident Collocations
5 collocation exercises on incident response verbs.
Promote is used for builds, raise up is not idiomatic here, and transfer over is too casual. On-call runbooks say "escalate to tier two if unresolved in 15 minutes," so escalate the incident is the correct collocation for moving an incident up the response chain.Frequently Asked Questions
What does the "Incident Collocations" exercise practise?
5 collocation exercises on incident response verbs.
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This exercise has 5 questions, each multiple-choice with an explanation shown after you answer.
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This exercise is tagged Intermediate. If the vocabulary feels difficult, browse Incident Collocations for a related exercise to start with instead.
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Is "Incident Collocations" part of a larger series?
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