follow on

seguir, suceder

Ocurrir después de otra cosa, a menudo como continuación de ella.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: follow on from something (This chapter follows on from our earlier discussion.)

Sinónimos: follow, succeed, come next

Antónimos: precede

Expresiones frecuentes: follow on from something, follow on naturally, follow on later

batear de nuevo inmediatamente

En críquet, comenzar el segundo turno de bateo del equipo inmediatamente después del primero.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: be made to follow on (The visitors were made to follow on after scoring only 140.)

Expresiones frecuentes: follow on again, forced to follow on, asked to follow on