Phrasal Verbs With 'Follow'

Follow on phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Leave to meet someone after they have left the place you're at
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: He left an hour ago and I'll be FOLLOWING ON soon.
  2. Meaning: In cricket, if the second team to bat doesn't score enough runs, it has to bat again
    (Intransitive | British English)
    » Example: They were over 200 runs behind and had to FOLLOW ON.

Follow on from phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Be the part of something
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: The film FOLLOWS ON from the original.

Follow through phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Do what is necessary to complete something or make it successful
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The project went wrong when the staff failed to FOLLOW THROUGH.
  2. Meaning: Continue moving limbs after hitting a ball
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: You need to FOLLOW THROUGH smoothly when playing golf.

Follow up phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Do something to check or improve an earlier action
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: He FOLLOWED UP the meeting with a report.
  2. Meaning: Find our about a problem and act
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The police didn't FOLLOW UP the allegations.

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