follow up
follow up · follows up · followed up · following up
виконувати, винести, виконати
вернуть, вернуться, отвечать
sich melden
To take further actions remaining after an eventTo take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.
» I need to follow up on that.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo 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.
More definitions
- increase the effectiveness or success of by further action
- pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
Examples
29 sentencesTranslations
1 languagesForms
follows up, following up, followed up, followed up| Base form | follow up · to follow up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | follows up |
| Present participle | following up |
| Past simple | followed up |
| Past participle | followed up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- follow upвиконувати, винестиTo take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.
- follow throughвиконувати, винестиTo execute or complete a commitment.
- follow onTo follow in sequence; to come next.
- follow alongTo continue behind or beside an animal, person, vehicle or other object, especially as a companion.
Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue:follow throughfollow outcarry outimplementput throughgo through with
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb