follow the sun
follow the sun verb: to holiday or winter in a sunnier climate.
Verb
follow the sun (third-person singular simple present follows the sun, present participle following the sun, simple past and past participle followed the sun)
- To holiday or winter in a sunnier climate.
- November was almost upon us; for me, there were just a couple of months to go. The sun was setting on my journey. Much warmth and light had surrounded me these past months as I followed the sun to so many countries and met so many […]2012, Laurie J. Rutherford Pederson, The Year I Followed the Sun, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 338
Noun
follow the sun (uncountable)
- Process where a business places its support teams across several time zones, so that it is business hours in at least one zone at all times.
- Some organisations are implementing a 'follow the sun' outsourcing strategy to facilitate 24x7 services – i.e. the customer calls are directed to whichever location is operating within normal working hours […]2007, Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, Building a Future with BRICs: The Next Decade for Offshoring
Forms of follow the sun
| third-person singular present | follows the sun |
|---|---|
| present participle | following the sun |
| past participle | followed the sun |
| past | followed the sun |
Questions about follow the sun
- What does follow the sun mean?
- Follow the sun means to holiday or winter in a sunnier climate.
- What part of speech is follow the sun?
- Follow the sun can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of follow the sun?
- The past tense of follow the sun is followed the sun.
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