follow : Idioms & Phrases
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as follows
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adverb what is listed next
- her complaints went as follows
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Follow board
(Founding) , a board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask. Knight.
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follow out
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verb pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
follow through; go through; carry out; follow out; put through; implement.
- Did he go through with the treatment?
- He implemented a new economic plan
- She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal
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follow suit
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verb do what someone else is doing
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follow through
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verb carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball
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verb pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
follow through; go through; carry out; follow out; put through; implement.
- Did he go through with the treatment?
- He implemented a new economic plan
- She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal
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follow up
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verb pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
follow through; go through; carry out; follow out; put through; implement.
- Did he go through with the treatment?
- He implemented a new economic plan
- She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal
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verb increase the effectiveness or success of by further action
- The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation
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follow up on
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verb carry further or advance
pursue; act on.
- Can you act on this matter soon?
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follow-on
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noun an immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings
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follow-through
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noun carrying some project or intention to full completion
- I appreciated his follow-through on his promise
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noun the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion
- his follow-through was straight down the line toward the target
- squash can be dangerous if your opponent has a long follow-through
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follow-up
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noun a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
followup.
- his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with
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noun an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
followup.
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noun a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
followup; review; reexamination.
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North following
- . See
Following , a., 2.
Webster 1913
To follow suit
(Card Playing) , to play a card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow an example set.
Webster 1913
To follow the hounds
- to hunt with dogs.
- to hunt with hounds.
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To follow up
- to pursue indefatigably.
