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
  • No dialogue In need of a quick mend to his work vest, a man returns to the space that fulfilled him the most.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The two £100million-plus moves both brought silverware but neither player really fulfilled their potential at the signing club.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of fulfilled
Verb
  • The Nittany Lions performed more like a top-25 team than their record indicates, with five losses by one score.
    — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Songs or chants made up by Entrants are acceptable as long as they are performed live on the recording and Entrant notes in Entrant's submission form that the song/chant was composed by Entrant.
    — August 16, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of performed
Verb
  • That record of 70 is shared by Jacoby Ellsbury, who accomplished the feat in the majors in 2009, and David Hamilton, who swiped the same total at Double-A in 2022.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Marshall Faulk and Christian McCaffrey are the only other football players to have accomplished the same, according to NBC Sports.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplished
Verb
  • The American supermarket, with its endless array of products and innovations like the shopping cart and barcodes, has achieved an almost mythical status around the world.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The viciousness of Manson’s crimes left a lasting mark on American culture and Manson himself achieved a perverse popularity — which has not dissipated in the years since his death.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of achieved
Verb
  • The 68-year-old was executed by lethal injection July 28 for the rape and murder of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee while on duty as a cop for the Mascotte Police Department.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Two Elmwood jail inmates were convicted at trial of murdering another inmate in a vicious gang beating that was executed over the course of 11 agonizing minutes, and went undetected even as it was recorded on surveillance cameras.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of executed
Verb
  • For the first time, after decades of brutal Assad rule – by both Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad before him - the model of impunity in Syria has been broken, even if the penalty is unlikely to ever be carried out.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Professionally, Anne—who carried out an impressive 478 royal engagements in 2025—has already racked up more than 290 royal engagements, just by mid-August.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 16 Aug. 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
  • The project is being made in association with Hathiramani Commercial Ventures and co-produced with investor and entrepreneur Manish Hathiramani, who marks his producing debut with the show.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The press had also waned, likely through fatigue, by the time a host of substitutions, including Mbeumo, Amad, and Zirkzee were made on the hour mark.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of made
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