follow through (with)

verb

Definition of follow through (with)next
as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion you said you would put all of the files in order, but you didn't follow through with it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for follow through (with)
  1. fulfill
  2. perform
  3. execute
  4. achieve
  5. go through
  6. do
  7. put through
  8. carry out
Verb
  • Jason Momoa is about to fulfill one of his lifelong comic book dreams.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Dec. 2024
  • This is an issue because as gaming hardware improves in graphical potency, the requirements to fulfill that increase logarithmically.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of fulfill
Verb
  • Rod Wave Rod Wave will perform at the American Airlines Center in Dallas as part of his Last Lap tour on Saturday, January 18.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
  • With this capability, Schaeffler can perform returnable account matching with the help of machine learning models and automate the matching process by activating line-item matching.
    Forbes, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of perform
Verb
  • Investigators are probing whether the suspect acted alone or had help from others in planning and executing the attack, Jason Williams, the district attorney of Orleans Parish, which includes New Orleans, told ABC News.
    Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The Tar Heel State has not executed a death row inmate since 2006.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of execute
Verb
  • The researchers found that the medaka males mated an average of 19 times per day, with some only achieving four and others up to 27 times.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Ortiz has the physicality, the temperament, and the ability to achieve a grade beyond that of an average starter.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of achieve
Verb
  • The solution, saturated with gold, has to go through another chemical process to make the gold solid again.
    Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Once a house has gone through foreclosure, is a former homeowner still on the hook for property taxes?
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of go through
Verb
  • Advertisement According to Amika Mota, who worked as a firefighter in California’s Chowchilla prison before her release in 2015, during major fires prisoners do a lot of preventive and protective work, like clearing brush or cutting gaps in the vegetation to slow the spread of flames.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Amid the devastating ongoing Palisades Fire, actor Sebastian Harrison did everything possible to escape.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of do
Verb
  • Atayde is also keen to give credit to his female co-star, Montes, who was also put through her paces in both the shooting and the preparation.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
  • After being put through the wringer for much of the film's two-hour-plus runtime by the sadistic, supernatural Smile Entity, pop superstar Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is losing her grip on reality.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of put through
Verb
  • Over 740 removal flights to 160-plus countries have been carried out since the rule was introduced.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Here that same strategy is carried out in the living room by placing the sofa in front of a bookshelf.
    Katharina Schwarze, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of carry out
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