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单词 to follow on
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to follow on
to follow on
1. intransitive. To move on in the same direction as a person who or thing which is moving in front; to continue to go after a person or thing in motion. Also: to go in chase or pursuit of a person or animal, esp. with intent to overtake and capture, harm, or kill.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)]
followOE
to follow ona1325
suec1390
ensuec1500
to follow alonga1594
tag1676
hark after1899
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1751 He toc and wente and folwede on, And ðhogt in mod iacob to slon.
a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 933 Whanne Wrath gynnyth walke..Envye flet as a fox and folwyth on faste.
1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (1 Thess.) xiiii. 165 Follow on him, if it were through Hell (if he bid thee goe throgh Hell, go throgh it, close thy eyes, follow on).
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ii. 68 Yee troopes of horse set forth with hast: And bands of foot come follow on.
1884 W. Cook Billiards i. 9 A following stroke is when you cause your ball to follow on after the ball it strikes.
1991 Working Terrier Feb. 25/1 I started to climb over the brambles after him with the Jack Russell bitch following on behind me.
2010 Diss (Norfolk) Express (Nexis) 1 Jan. Harold always arrives at the church early..but Katherine had told him she would follow on later.
2. transitive. To continue (an activity, process, etc.) with further action; to reinforce (an action); to follow (something) up. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > follow up, through, or out [verb (transitive)]
suec1325
pursuea1393
follow1425
pass1473
prosecute?a1475
ensue1509
convey1530
persecute1546
to follow on?1557
transact1636
to follow up1659
to follow up on1927
?1557 tr. St. Elisabeth of Schönau Liber Viarum Dei sig. F.vii When he appeared agayne, I praied him that he wold prosecute or folowe on the exhortation of his sermon begun.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 515 Sylla valliantly following on his victory, shuffled in among them as they fled, and in thende tooke all together.
1652 J. Wadsworth tr. P. de Sandoval Civil Wars Spain 363 If, after the taking of Torrelobaton, hee had followed on his victorie.
1691 ‘N. N.’ Blatant Beast Muzzled 142 The Dutch being by this means our Betters at Sea, would not follow on their blow.
3. intransitive. To continue perseveringly (to do something). Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)]
to hold a wayOE
to hold forthc1200
to hold ona1225
reignc1300
lasta1325
continuea1340
to continue doing or to doc1384
pursuea1425
perseverec1425
to hold one's wayc1480
prosecute1528
to go on1533
to run on1533
keep1548
to follow on1560
insist1586
to keep on1589
to carry on1832
to carry on1857
string1869
1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Serm. Songe Ezechias ii. 46 We shold fight against them [sc. temtations], and styll to followe on tyll we fele the relefe that he doth promyse vs.
1611 Bible (King James) Hosea vi. 3 Then shal we know, if we follow on to know the Lord. View more context for this quotation
a1732 T. Boston Illustr. Doctr. Christian Relig. (1773) III. 599 To gain experience of religion, they get some taste of it, but then they do not follow on.
1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 14 Nor hes tau followed on, as Hosea says, to love thy fellow creatures.
4. intransitive. To carry on; to proceed or progress, esp. from something else.
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1825 N.-Y. Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 453 Writers have quietly followed on in the same track, more ready to warp stubborn facts into a convenient shape.
1961 C. Isherwood Diary 12 Nov. in Sixties (2010) II. 134 It is bad about the show, because he ought to follow on from the London one, right away.
2008 Independent 10 Sept. 17/2 A soggy August following on from a later spring confined bees to their hives..at a crucial time for honey production.
5. intransitive. Cricket. Of a team batting second in a four-innings match: to bat again immediately after completing its first innings, a penalty which may be enforced when the opposing team leads by more than a stipulated number of runs after both sides' first innings are completed. A follow-on gives the team batting first an opportunity to win the game without having to bat a second time.The Law was introduced in 1835; the modern term developed from the earlier expression to follow their innings at innings n. Phrases. The number of runs stipulated depends on the number of days the match is scheduled to last.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > follow on
to follow their innings1815
to follow on1865
1865 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 21) 86 Surrey ‘followed on’, but left only 23 runs for Oxford to get to win.
1891 Leeds Mercury 2 May 6/4 Being left in a minority of 93 they had to follow on.
1923 John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack (ed. 60) ii. 51 When Essex followed on Russell and afterwards Freeman played finely.
1930 A. H. Graham Cricket at Univ. Pennsylvania 63 Forced to follow on, Pennsylvania sent in Patterson and Noble and some magnificent cricket was seen.
1956 L. Hutton Just my Story iii. 57 I wanted to take the last two wickets as quickly as possible and force West Indies to follow-on.
1996 India Today 30 June 142/1 With the team forced to follow on,..Hazare notched up a chanceless 145, becoming the first Indian to score centuries in each innings in a Test.
2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Sept. (Sport section) 14 The probability is that if Australia had followed on, they would have set England 200 at least to chase.
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