follow-through

Examples

• All

• What Cameron did not expect to do was make good on his campaign promise and follow through with scheduling the referendum.

• Finally, the teacher who fails to follow through with stated expectations can quickly be interpreted as being less than truthful.

  Academic text (2001)

• We have the will and the means to follow through.

  Red Eye (2005)

• We are the people who have to follow through and also assess if that follow through is breeding success.

  The Pivot Podcast

• The city created a trails plan and then found the resources to follow through and implement it.

  Blog text (15)

• The children are then given free playtime in which to follow through with their planned activities.

  Academic text (1991)

• What's unique is the conviction to follow through: to work at it until it pays off.

  Fiction book (2000)

• On the economic front, the Bush administration made some dramatic gestures but did not always follow through.

  Academic text (1991)

• "A teacher shared that impression: "This year is better because of follow-through by the teachers and the administrator."

  Academic text (2011)

• Most participants also looked for improvement in school performance, such as better attendance, follow-through on homework assignments, and improvement in grades.

  Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

I

implementation

vsfollow-through

149 3.8

To put a plan or decision into action

is focused on finishing the task and ensuring promised completion

F

follow-up

vsfollow-through

78 3.9

An action to check progress after an earlier activity

is about completing the task itself rather than monitoring progress

Antonyms

A

to abandon

401 3.8

Stop supporting an idea or plan

How Complete

fulfillment

• US

58 3.6

follow-through

14 4.3

completion

108 2.4

abandonment

26 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology