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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Deverbal from follow up.
Noun
follow-up (plural follow-ups)
- A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.
2020 January 2, Richard Clinnick, “Midlands Metro welcomes new catenary-free trams”, in Rail, page 16:A follow-up order placed in 2019 will feature the technology being built into new trams which are due to arrive next year.
- (Internet) A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one.
- (sports) A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved.
2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport:It could have been much worse for City before the break, but goalkeeper Joe Hart saved Jamie Mackie's long-range shot and Helguson's headed follow-up - although the latter was offside - before Bothroyd hit the post with another header.
- (medicine) The revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care.
Translations
Internet: posted message in reply to a previous one
sports: shot on goal directly following another
Verb
follow-up (third-person singular simple present follows-up, present participle following-up, simple past and past participle followed-up)
- Nonstandard form of follow up.
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