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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One of their latest launches, the Biodance Eye Patches in Vita Niacinamide, fulfills that mission by bringing the brand’s hydrogel technology into a format that’s truly optimized for the delicate eye area.

— Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Petite and portable, the South Seas Rattan Side Cart fulfills the desire for a bedside table that’s slightly out of the ordinary.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2026

Definition of fulfills

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Unfortunately, the simplicity this achieves within that vendor’s own ecosystem has also produced incompatible cross-vendor comparisons (see the graphic below as an example).

— Jason Andersen, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The crust achieves that perfect balance of char and chew, and the toppings are minimal but impeccable.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026

Definition of achieves

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But the arrest does little to change the fact that her brother is still gone.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Those workers understand what a white-collar reader mostly does not, which is that the moment your knowledge leaves your hands is the moment your leverage leaves with it.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of does

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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
Hitler comes to power; Lajos, by now a regional administrator, reluctantly carries out the Nazis’ orders, consigning the local Jewish population to death; Ilona and her husband flee to America by way of Switzerland.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of carries out

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There is nothing, no drama, no insight, not even a joke other than the one NeNe makes about Porsha swimming in the lady pond.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
By putting fashion, food, art and hospitality into the same natural flow, Fontainebleau makes that customer’s time work considerably harder.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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