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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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1: 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]
2: increase the effectiveness or success of by further action; "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation"

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 1767 transitive verb 1. to follow with something similar, related, or supplementary <following up his convictions with action — G. P. Merrill> 2. to maintain contact with (a person) so as to monitor the effects of earlier activities or treatments 3. to pursue in an effort to take further action <the police are following up leads> intransitive verb to take appropriate action <follow up on complaints>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you follow up something that has been said, suggested, or discovered, you try to find out more about it or take action about it. State security police are following up several leads... An officer took a statement from me, but no one's bothered to follow it up. = investigate PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P see also follow 5, follow-up

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

1. Examine, scrutinize, investigate, sift, inquire, into, look into. 2. [With by or with.] Accompany, cause to be followed by. 3. Persist in, pursue persistently, keep at.

Moby Thesaurus

PS, Parthian shot, addendum, afterthought, anamnesis, appendix, associative anamnesis, attend, back matter, carry through, case history, catamnesis, chase, chivy, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, come after, conclusion, consequence, continuance, continuation, displace, dog, dogging, double take, dying words, emanate, ensue, envoi, epilogue, exhaust every move, follow, follow a clue, follow after, follow out, follow through, follow-through, following, give chase, go after, go all lengths, go all out, go for broke, go the limit, hollo after, hound, hue and cry, hunt, hunt down, hunting, issue, last words, leave nothing undone, make after, medical history, nose, nose out, overlook nothing, overtake, parting shot, peroration, postface, postfix, postlude, postscript, prosecute, prosecution, pursuance, pursue, pursuing, pursuit, quest, quest after, raise the hunt, refrain, replace, result, run after, run down, run to earth, search, searching, second thought, see it through, see out, seek, seek out, seeking, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequent, sequitur, shadow, shadowing, smell out, sniff out, stalk, stalking, subscript, succeed, suffix, supervene, supplement, swan song, tag, tail, take out after, trace, trace down, track, track down, tracking, tracking down, trail, trailing