follow through on/with
idiom
1
: to complete (an activity or process that has been started)
He doesn't follow through on his good intentions.
We feared they would follow through on/with their threat.
2
sports
: to complete a stroke or swing
You should follow through on your backhand.
Examples of follow through on/with in a Sentence
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Connect with the Frontier Foundation, the Freedom City Coalition, and other eager to have Trump follow through on his campaign promise.
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Tom W Bell, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2025
Europeans are increasingly aware that Mr. Trump, unmoderated and even encouraged by more ideologically compatible and loyal advisers in his second term, intends to follow through on his intentions to distance the United States from Europe.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
In Tuesday court filings, the administration defended its decision to follow through with the deportations under an 18th century war time law, saying two of the three removal flights departed U.S. territory before District Judge James Boasberg issued an order blocking them.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
The commissioner hoped an additional person would help scale up testing programs at the schools to help reach the most vulnerable students, those whose families might not be able to follow through on the school district’s recommendation to see a pediatrician for testing.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Tom W Bell, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2025
Europeans are increasingly aware that Mr. Trump, unmoderated and even encouraged by more ideologically compatible and loyal advisers in his second term, intends to follow through on his intentions to distance the United States from Europe.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
In Tuesday court filings, the administration defended its decision to follow through with the deportations under an 18th century war time law, saying two of the three removal flights departed U.S. territory before District Judge James Boasberg issued an order blocking them.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
The commissioner hoped an additional person would help scale up testing programs at the schools to help reach the most vulnerable students, those whose families might not be able to follow through on the school district’s recommendation to see a pediatrician for testing.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Follow through on/with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/follow%20through%20on%2Fwith. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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