"follow-through" meaning in All languages combined

See follow-through on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: follow-throughs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from follow through. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|follow through}} Deverbal from follow through Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} follow-through (countable and uncountable, plural follow-throughs)
  1. The continuance or completion of a project. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-follow-through-en-noun-Kk5d48BB
  2. (sports) The continued action of a stroke, or of the delivery of a ball, after it has been hit or released. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-follow-through-en-noun-pVXTRHL9 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English deverbals: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 62 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 67 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: followthrough Related terms: follow-up [noun], followup [noun]

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