"follow-on" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Deverbal from follow on",
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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from follow on.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "follow-on effects",
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        },
        {
          "text": "The Internet is the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP) or its subsequent extensions /follow-ons […]"
        },
        {
          "text": "The heavily discounted initial engine sales were offset by the follow-on sales of engines and highly profitable spare parts."
        }
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        "Something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or progression."
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        "(often attributive) Something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or progression."
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          "sense": "something that follows naturally",
          "word": "consequence"
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          "sense": "something that follows naturally",
          "word": "effect"
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          "_dis1": "78 13 10",
          "sense": "something that follows naturally",
          "word": "knock-on"
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        "Baby formula (breast milk substitute) for slightly older infants."
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          "name": "Cricket",
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            "Sports",
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        "The act of a captain forcing the other side to bat again immediately after their first innings."
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        "(cricket) The act of a captain forcing the other side to bat again immediately after their first innings."
      ],
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        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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        },
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          "text": "The Internet is the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP) or its subsequent extensions /follow-ons […]"
        },
        {
          "text": "The heavily discounted initial engine sales were offset by the follow-on sales of engines and highly profitable spare parts."
        }
      ],
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        "Something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or progression."
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        "(often attributive) Something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or progression."
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      ],
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      ],
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          "bat",
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        ],
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          "first innings",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(cricket) The act of a captain forcing the other side to bat again immediately after their first innings."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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      "sense": "something that follows naturally",
      "word": "consequence"
    },
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      "sense": "something that follows naturally",
      "word": "effect"
    },
    {
      "sense": "something that follows naturally",
      "word": "knock-on"
    }
  ],
  "word": "follow-on"
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