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Princeton's WordNet

  1. follow-up, followupnoun

    a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work

    "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with"

  2. follow-up, followupnoun

    an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done

  3. follow-up, followup, reexamination, reviewverb

    a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

  4. follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go throughverb

    pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue

    "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"

  5. follow upverb

    increase the effectiveness or success of by further action

    "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation"

Wiktionary

  1. follow upverb

    To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication.

ChatGPT

  1. follow up

    Follow up refers to the process of reviewing, checking, or verifying the status or progress of an action, decision, or matter in order to ensure its implementation, completion, or resolution. It may also refer to an action taken or communication made as a response to an earlier action, feedback, or communication.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. follow up

    To pursue with additional vigor some advantage which has already been gained; as, to follow up a victory.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of follow up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of follow up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of follow up in a Sentence

  1. Janey Peterson:

    There is no series of circumstances that fits the evidence where he could possibly have done it, the justice system has failed here, and a lot of aspects have failed. And it started with the Modesto Police Department. And it started with the fact that they didn’t follow up on evidence that showed Laci was alive the morning of Dec.24.

  2. Genevieve Schaefer:

    Schaefer says, adding that Genevieve Schaefer provided Genevieve Schaefer doctor’s office with Genevieve Schaefer new policy information and had a total of three appointments : Genevieve Schaefer annual physical in February, the IUD procedure in March and a follow-up in April. It was n’t until December that Genevieve Schaefer received a bill — for $ 902. I was charged for all three appointments, including the IUD and procedure, as services that were n’t covered under my plan due to my doctor being out-of-network.

  3. Terry Tamminen:

    The President-elect expressed his desire for a follow up meeting in January, and we look forward to continuing the conversation with the incoming administration as we work to stop the dangerous march of climate change, while putting millions of people to work at the same time.

  4. Alison Rodger:

    We think the risk from condomless anal sex is low, but we need to ensure we have a couple years of follow up to give more precise estimates.

  5. Flavia Pansieri:

    I regret to say that in the context of those very hectic days, I failed to follow up on the CAR situation.


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