follow-up

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.

   • A follow-up order placed in 2019 will feature the technology being built into new trams which are due to arrive next year.
2. 2

   A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one.

3. 3

   A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved.

   • 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.
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   1. 4

      The revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care.

   2. 5

      Nonstandard form of follow up.

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