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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball
2: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" [syn: follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Date: 1895 1. to continue a stroke or motion to the end of its arc 2. to press on in an activity or process especially to a conclusion

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you follow through an action, plan, or idea or follow through with it, you continue doing or thinking about it until you have done everything possible. The leadership has been unwilling to follow through the implications of these ideas... I was trained to be an actress but I didn't follow it through... He decided to follow through with his original plan. = pursue PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P, V P with n/-ing, also V P, V P on n

Moby Thesaurus

PS, Parthian shot, addendum, afterthought, appendix, back matter, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, conclusion, consequence, continuance, continuation, double take, dying words, envoi, epilogue, follow-up, last words, parting shot, peroration, postface, postfix, postlude, postscript, refrain, second thought, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequent, sequitur, subscript, suffix, supplement, swan song, tag