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follows on

follows on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 follows on

What is follows on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Follows on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of follow on.

Words near follows on in the dictionary

  1. followingly
  2. followings
  3. follows
  4. follows along
  5. follows in someone's footsteps
  6. follows on
  7. follows one's heart
  8. follows one's nose
  9. follows someone off a cliff
  10. follows someone to the ends of the earth
  11. follows someone to the ends of the world

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Adapted from Wiktionary: follows on (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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