followed through (with)

verb

past tense of follow through (with)
as in fulfilled
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 followed through (with)
  1. fulfilled
  2. performed
  3. accomplished
  4. achieved
  5. executed
  6. carried out
  7. did
  8. made
Verb
  • But the request wasn’t fulfilled until nearly three months later, on Friday, July 10, after the Observer’s attorney, Benjamin Leighton, reached out to CATS.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026
  • Launched in 2023, Euclid has fulfilled its promise in its mission to discover early quasars, with this hitherto unprecedented haul of 31 of these black hole engines.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of fulfilled
Verb
  • The state medical examiner’s office performed an autopsy on July 7 and has been waiting for results from toxicology tests, Lynd said.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger, IShowSpeed, and Robbie Williams also performed, and Tom Cruise made a special appearance.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026
Definition of performed
Verb
  • Salvage operations commenced immediately but accomplished little, and the wreck gradually disappeared into the sediment of the Solent.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026
  • Not only are both Alison and Lezley accomplished visual artists, and Tracye a successful writer, but so are their respective children.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of accomplished
Verb
  • Should the feats achieved in these types of matches count just as much as the ones where everything is on the line?
    — Sergio Gonzalez, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Sing, muse, of the cunning Christopher Nolan, who has once again achieved the impossible.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026
Definition of achieved
Verb
  • Duckett, a former Mascotte police officer convicted of the 1987 death of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee, is to be executed at noon on that date.
    — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
  • The award is being executed in partnership with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and is intended to speed the transition of the company’s technology from development into operational use.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Definition of executed
Verb
  • Behind that toll are individual losses, told here through what people carried out of the debris.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Authorities carried out the evacuations from buildings on slopes and in low-lying areas within a kilometer radius of the disaster site, relocating over 1,100 people, Chongqing authorities said in a WeChat post published Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of carried out
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of did
Verb
  • Tuchel made three changes to his starting lineup for Wednesday’s match, opting for Rogers instead of Noni Madueke on the right wing and defenders Reece James and Djed Spence in place of Marc Guehi and Ezri Konsa.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Sure enough, the public fight made headlines — so the next day, Riley gets a FaceTime call from her mother, Kandi.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of made
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