follow : Idioms & Phrases


as follows

  • 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

  • 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

  • verb do what someone else is doing
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follow through

  • verb carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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

  • verb carry further or advance
    pursue; act on.
    • Can you act on this matter soon?
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follow-on

  • 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

  • noun carrying some project or intention to full completion
    • I appreciated his follow-through on his promise
  • 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

  • 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
  • noun an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
    followup.
  • 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.
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To follow suit

  • (Card Playing), to play a card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow an example set.
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To follow the hounds

  • to hunt with dogs.
  • to hunt with hounds.
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To follow up

  • to pursue indefatigably.
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