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follow on

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˌfɑloʊ ˈɑn/ · UK /ˌfɒləʊ ˈɒn/

follow on means: To happen next, often continuing something that happened earlier.

verb

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To happen next, often continuing something that happened earlier.

  • Another meeting will follow on next week.
  • The second film follows on from the first.
  • Several useful ideas followed on from that conversation.

How to use it: follow on from something (This chapter follows on from our earlier discussion.)

Similar words: follow, succeed, come next

Opposites: precede

Common phrases: follow on from something, follow on naturally, follow on later

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In cricket, to take your team's second turn at batting immediately after its first.

  • The visitors had to follow on.
  • Their captain asked the other team to follow on.
  • Despite following on, the team saved the match.

How to use it: be made to follow on (The visitors were made to follow on after scoring only 140.)

Common phrases: follow on again, forced to follow on, asked to follow on

Questions about follow on

What does follow on mean?

To happen next, often continuing something that happened earlier.

What is follow on in other languages?

Türkçe: ardından gelmek · Español: seguir · Français: faire suite · Deutsch: folgen · Italiano: seguire · 日本語: 続く

How do you pronounce follow on?

In American English /ˌfɑloʊ ˈɑn/; in British English /ˌfɒləʊ ˈɒn/.

How do you use follow on in a sentence?

Another meeting will follow on next week. The second film follows on from the first.

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