"follow through" meaning in English

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      "form": "follows through",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "following through",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "followed through",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't appreciate salesmen who make promises and then fail to follow through.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired, →ISSN:",
          "text": "They kicked around some ideas for doing their own thing, like moonlighting as music video producers, but they never followed through.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To execute or complete a commitment."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "execute",
          "execute"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
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        [
          "commitment",
          "commitment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To execute or complete a commitment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "complete a commitment",
          "word": "in die Tat umsetzen"
        }
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        {
          "word": "backswing"
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      "glosses": [
        "To continue moving the arms (and any held implements, such as a bat or club) or legs after striking e.g. a ball."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To continue moving the arms (and any held implements, such as a bat or club) or legs after striking e.g. a ball."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "followthrough"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Dave Cousins, Waiting for Gonzo:",
          "text": "It looked like he'd just farted and followed through.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Toast of London (TV series), \"Fool in Love\" (episode)",
          "text": "LORNA WYNDE: You cried so hard, you followed through in Oddbins."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To defecate unintentionally as a result of a cough or sneeze, etc."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To defecate unintentionally as a result of a cough or sneeze, etc."
      ],
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          "word": "follow on"
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        {
          "_dis1": "14 14 72",
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          "word": "follow up"
        }
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  "word": "follow through"
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      "word": "follow-through"
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      "form": "follows through",
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      "form": "following through",
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    {
      "form": "followed through",
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      "form": "followed through",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
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      "word": "follow on"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
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  ],
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        "English intransitive verbs",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "I don't appreciate salesmen who make promises and then fail to follow through.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired, →ISSN:",
          "text": "They kicked around some ideas for doing their own thing, like moonlighting as music video producers, but they never followed through.",
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        "To execute or complete a commitment."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To execute or complete a commitment."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "backswing"
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        "English intransitive verbs"
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        "To continue moving the arms (and any held implements, such as a bat or club) or legs after striking e.g. a ball."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To continue moving the arms (and any held implements, such as a bat or club) or legs after striking e.g. a ball."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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          "text": "It looked like he'd just farted and followed through.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Toast of London (TV series), \"Fool in Love\" (episode)",
          "text": "LORNA WYNDE: You cried so hard, you followed through in Oddbins."
        }
      ],
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        "To defecate unintentionally as a result of a cough or sneeze, etc."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To defecate unintentionally as a result of a cough or sneeze, etc."
      ],
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        "euphemistic",
        "intransitive",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complete a commitment",
      "word": "in die Tat umsetzen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "follow through"
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