follow through (with)

verb

Definition of follow through (with)next
as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion you said you would put all of the files in order, but you didn't follow through with it

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for follow through (with)
  1. fulfill
  2. perform
  3. execute
  4. achieve
  5. go through
  6. do
  7. put through
  8. carry out
Verb
  • According to the release, the company in recent years has expanded its ability to fulfill customer orders directly from store locations.
    Gil Macias, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The company can now fulfill customer orders from store locations, without the fulfillment center, Kohl's said.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of fulfill
Verb
  • Six other teams also performed worse at home than on the road, including two home teams this playoff weekend: the Baltimore Ravens (hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night) and the Houston Texans (hosting the Los Angeles Chargers to kick off the playoff slate).
    Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Legendary actor Harrison Ford eats there on his trips to Wichita when his maintenance performed on his plane, per a Wichita Eagle story.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of perform
Verb
  • Over the course of two decades, Rita executed 169 transfers, averaging $2.5 million per year.
    Sean Keane, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • It has been widely reported that the President-elect plans to execute as many as 100 executive orders on a wide variety of issues during his first day in office next Monday.
    David Blackmon, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of execute
Verb
  • The researchers found that the medaka males mated an average of 19 times per day, with some only achieving four and others up to 27 times.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Ortiz has the physicality, the temperament, and the ability to achieve a grade beyond that of an average starter.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of achieve
Verb
  • Pro tip: True Midwesterners who struggle with spiciness may go through several cups of water.
    Andrew King, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
  • At Burke’s sentencing, his lawyer went through piles of letters extolling the alderman’s generosity and willingness to perform services without seeking credit or asking anything in return.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of go through
Verb
  • Advertisement According to Amika Mota, who worked as a firefighter in California’s Chowchilla prison before her release in 2015, during major fires prisoners do a lot of preventive and protective work, like clearing brush or cutting gaps in the vegetation to slow the spread of flames.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Amid the devastating ongoing Palisades Fire, actor Sebastian Harrison did everything possible to escape.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of do
Verb
  • Atayde is also keen to give credit to his female co-star, Montes, who was also put through her paces in both the shooting and the preparation.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
  • After being put through the wringer for much of the film's two-hour-plus runtime by the sadistic, supernatural Smile Entity, pop superstar Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is losing her grip on reality.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of put through
Verb
  • Hackers, suspected to be Russian, carried out more than 85,000 cyberattacks on Romanian election infrastructure as well.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The lack of transparency or legal recourse in government decision-making reveals the deeper flaws of centralized governance: policies are developed and carried out with little consultation or explanation, leaving citizens and businesses to navigate the fallout.
    Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of carry out
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