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follow up

follow up verb: to take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, transitive) 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.
    • 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.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2012

follow up meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

follow up in Tamil

பின்தொடர், பின் தொடரும், மீள்தொடர், மீள்தொடர்பு, பின்விளைவு

follow up in Indonesian

take further actions after an event
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Synonyms of follow up

Forms of follow up

third-person singular presentfollows up
present participlefollowing up
past participlefollowed up
pastfollowed up

Words formed from follow up

Questions about follow up

What does follow up mean?
Follow up means to take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.
What is follow up in Tamil?
Follow up in Tamil is பின்தொடர், பின் தொடரும், மீள்தொடர். See Follow up meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is follow up?
Follow up is a verb.
What is the past tense of follow up?
The past tense of follow up is followed up.

Words near follow up in the dictionary

  1. follow the money
  2. follow the sun
  3. follow the wind
  4. follow through
  5. follow to the grave
  6. follow up
  7. follow up on
  8. follow'd
  9. follow-home
  10. follow-me-lad
  11. follow-me-lads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: follow up (page history and authors); follow up (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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