follow through on/with
idiom
1
: to complete (an activity or process that has been started)
He doesn't follow through on his good intentions.
We feared they would follow through on/with their threat.
2
sports
: to complete a stroke or swing
You should follow through on your backhand.
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On Saturday, the Trump administration’s senior trade and manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro confirmed the president will follow through on 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% duty on China.
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Kristian Burt, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
Tariffs that countries can wriggle out of through policy concessions are not a stable revenue source, and what if other nations follow through on threats to introduce retaliatory tariffs?
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
When children refused to comply, the group would sometimes follow through with these threats, the indictment states.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
That figure came from a now-famous blog post by Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith, which encouraged the new administration to follow through on Trump’s 2019 AI Executive Order.
—R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Kristian Burt, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
Tariffs that countries can wriggle out of through policy concessions are not a stable revenue source, and what if other nations follow through on threats to introduce retaliatory tariffs?
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
When children refused to comply, the group would sometimes follow through with these threats, the indictment states.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
That figure came from a now-famous blog post by Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith, which encouraged the new administration to follow through on Trump’s 2019 AI Executive Order.
—R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Follow through on/with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/follow%20through%20on%2Fwith. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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