FOLLOWS THROUGH (WITH) Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

follows through (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of follow through (with)

as in fulfills

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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Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson agreed that whether or not Johnson fulfills his pledge to transparently outline the projection will prove critical.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
This fulfills a key demand for nearly 30 percent of consumers.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of fulfills

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But in following his friend and fellow war journalist, the titular Osama Al-Ashi, over a single year from the birth of his son in mid-2024 to his first birthday, Hassouna accomplishes something not many filmmakers set out to.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
If grilling, closing the grill for the final minutes accomplishes the same result.

— Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of accomplishes

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But for anyone disturbed by the way To Catch a Predator executes its faux-law enforcement busts, the movie risks becoming viscerally unpleasant.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
When disruption arrives, the team executes a plan rather than reacting with uncertainty.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of executes

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But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Dillon wanders through his shelves, scrutinizing works by Walter Benjamin, Joan Didion, or James Baldwin and seeing, at a granular level, how writing achieves such profound effects.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of achieves

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This means Voraotsady’s husband, Ash Jones — who also does the bookkeeping — does the grocery shopping on Sunday mornings.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Frank McCourt bought the team before the 2004 season and brought in his own people, as a new owner often does.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of does

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China sends military planes, as well as Coast Guard ships and other vessels towards Taiwan on a daily basis and carries out large-scale military exercises from time to time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
The superintendent heads up the California Department of Education, carries out policies set by the state Board of Education and is an ex-officio member of the state’s higher education governing boards.

— Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 June 2026

Definition of carries out

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The high degree of ship and combat automation makes the boat with its comprehensive systems and equipment easy to control in all situations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
The center makes the protection calls, and often, zone runs cut vertically toward the center.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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