follow up
English
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[edit]Verb
[edit]follow up (third-person singular simple present follows up, present participle following up, simple past and past participle followed up)
- To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.
- Send a letter, then follow up promptly with a telephone call.
- 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC[1]:
- With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot.
- 2012, Alan Rappeport, Financial Times, Eli Lilly settles bribery charges:
- The US Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that Eli Lilly subsidiaries funnelled millions of dollars to government employees in other countries to secure business and did little to follow up on red flags.
- 2021 January 30, Kellen Browning, “They’re Flocking to America to Make a Fortune Playing Video Games”, in The New York Times[2]:
- At the center of it all was Hu Shuo-Chieh, a decorated Taiwanese superstar who soon followed up his standout moment (his team would fall short in the finals) with an even more surprising move. In November, Mr. Hu, known in gaming as SwordArt, announced that he was leaving his base in China, […]
Synonyms
[edit]- chase up (British)
- get back to
- revert
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- follow on (verb)
- follow through (verb)
Translations
[edit]take further actions after an event
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See also
[edit]- close the loop
- see through (verb)