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follow ons

follow ons is the plural of follow on.

Meaning of follow on

Verb

follow on (third-person singular simple present follows on, present participle following on, simple past and past participle followed on)

  1. To follow in sequence; to come next.
    • The new film follows on from the storyline of the original 1970s release.
    Synonyms:
    come after
  2. To bat their second innings immediately after their first innings.

Questions about follow ons

What is follow ons the plural of?
Follow ons is the plural of follow on.

Words near follow ons in the dictionary

  1. follow my leader
  2. follow on
  3. follow one's bliss
  4. follow one's heart
  5. follow one's nose
  6. follow ons
  7. follow someone off a cliff
  8. follow someone to the ends of the earth
  9. follow someone to the ends of the world
  10. follow spot
  11. follow suit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: follow ons (page history and authors); follow on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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