If you follow up something that has been said, suggested, or discovered, you try to find out more about it or take action about it.
State security police are following up several leads. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
An officer took a statement from me, but no one's bothered to follow it up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. See also follow [sense 5], follow-up
More Synonyms of follow up
See full dictionary entry for follow
follow-up
Word forms: plural follow-ups
variable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A follow-up is something that is done to continue or add to something done previously.
They are recording a follow-up to their successful first album.
One man was arrested during the raid and another during a follow-up operation.
follow up in British English
verb(tr, adverb)
1.
to pursue or investigate (a person, evidence, etc) closely
2.
to continue (action) after a beginning, esp to increase its effect
nounfollow-up
3.
a.
something done to reinforce an initial action
b.
(as modifier)
a follow-up letter
4. medicine
a routine examination of a patient at various intervals after medical or surgical treatment
follow-up in British English
(ˈfɒləʊˌʌp)
noun
1.
something done to reinforce an initial action
The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow with a follow-up on Saturday.
His last novel sold 4m copies worldwide. The follow-up is also a bestseller.
Stamp set about the work of finding a follow-up to Billy Budd.
They are recording a follow-up to their successful 2009 album.
2. medicine
a routine examination of a patient at various intervals after medical or surgicaltreatment
The patient received no physical examination and no follow-up.
modifier
3.
denoting something done to reinforce an initial action
Details might have to be finalized at a follow-up meeting.
One man was arrested during the raid and another during a follow-up operation.
Madonna's follow-up album to the acclaimed Ray of Light
follow up in American English
1.
to follow closely and persistently
2.
to carry out fully
3.
to add to the effectiveness of by doing something more
See full dictionary entry for follow
follow-up in American English
(ˈfɑloʊˌʌp)
adjective
1.
designating or of anything that follows something else as a review, addition, etc.
follow-up examinations, a follow-up letter
noun
2.
a follow-up thing or event
3.
the use of follow-up letters, visits, etc.
4.
a following up
Examples of 'follow up' in a sentence
follow up
Meanwhile, I'll follow up all the leads I can think of here.
Arthur, Robert THREE IN ONE
If it'd been Jane or Mary or something there would probably have been too many leads to follow up.
Stuart Harrison LOST SUMMER (2002)
She could follow up her invitation to the daughter at the same time.
Fraser, Anthea PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW
`Well, as I said, unless they got something, a phone call and a follow-up letter'll do it.
Wood, Bari DOLL'S EYES (1995)
He must have rushed right back to the paper to develop his pictures and hand the story on to the news desk for the follow-up.
Babson, Marian DEATH IN FASHION (1995)
There was no follow-up of panicky wings or scurrying small mammals: it was too far away for that.
Hilton, John Buxton MOONDROP TO MURDER (1995)
`It was just a follow-up call from the guys who hauled me downtown, to see how I was recovering.
Dreyer, Eileen BAD MEDICINE (1995)
In other languages
follow up
British English: follow-up NOUN
A follow-up is something that is done to continue or add to something done previously.
They are recording a follow-up to their successful first album.
American English: follow-up
Brazilian Portuguese: continuação
Chinese: 后续的事或物
European Spanish: continuación
French: suite
German: Weiterführung
Italian: seguito
Japanese: 続き
Korean: 후속 작업
European Portuguese: continuação
Latin American Spanish: continuación
All related terms of 'follow up'
follow-up call
a telephone call made as a follow-up to a letter, fax , meeting , etc
follow-up care
care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
follow-up letter
a letter sent as a follow-up to an initial letter or to a telephone call , meeting , etc
follow-up question
A question is something that you say or write in order to ask a person about something.
follow-up study
a second study made as a follow-up to an initial study
follow-up visit
a visit made as a follow-up to an initial visit
follow-up appointment
If you have an appointment with someone, you have arranged to see them at a particular time, usually in connection with their work or for a serious purpose.
follow-up interview
a second interview following an initial interview
follow-up telephone call
a telephone call made as a follow-up to a letter, fax , meeting, etc
⇒ I followed up an advertisement for a second-hand Volkswagen.看了广告后，我对二手的大众车作了进一步了解。 (Kànle guǎnggào hòu, wǒ duì èrshǒu de dàzhòngchē zuòle jìnyībù liǎojiě.)