"follow-through" meaning in English

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Noun

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 links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English deverbals: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: followthrough Related terms: follow-up [noun], followup [noun]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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