follow on

seguire, fare seguito

Accadere dopo qualcos’altro, spesso come sua continuazione.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: follow on from something (This chapter follows on from our earlier discussion.)

Sinonimi: follow, succeed, come next

Contrari: precede

Espressioni comuni: follow on from something, follow on naturally, follow on later

giocare subito il secondo innings

Nel cricket, giocare il secondo turno di battuta della squadra subito dopo il primo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Espressioni comuni: follow on again, forced to follow on, asked to follow on