"follow the sun" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} follow the sun (uncountable)
  1. Process where a business places its support teams across several time zones, so that it is business hours in at least one zone at all times. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-follow_the_sun-en-noun-jCK4dXf1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19

Verb

Forms: follows the sun [present, singular, third-person], following the sun [participle, present], followed the sun [participle, past], followed the sun [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|follow<,following> the sun}} follow the sun (third-person singular simple present follows the sun, present participle following the sun, simple past and past participle followed the sun)
  1. To holiday or winter in a sunnier climate.
    Sense id: en-follow_the_sun-en-verb-PS-iLZF0

Inflected forms

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