follow up

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsfollow throughfollow outcarry outimplementput throughgo through with

   Broadercomplete

   Narroweradhere
2. 2.

   increase the effectiveness or success of by further action

   “The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation”

   Broaderenhance

Questions about follow up

What does follow up mean?

follow up means "pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for follow up?

Close synonyms include follow through, follow out, carry out, implement, put through. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is follow up a common word?

follow up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.