TO FOLLOW UP

Definition: TO FOLLOW UP

TO FOLLOW UP

1. To pursue indefatigably. Syn: Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany; succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain. Usage: - To Follow , Pursue . To follow (v.t.) denotes simply to go after; to pursue denotes to follow with earnestness, and with a view to attain some definite object; as, a hound pursues the deer. So a person follows a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a journey; the officers of justice pursue a felon who has escaped from prison.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO FOLLOW UP

Books

• Managing Meetings: How to Prepare, How to Take Part & How to Follow Up Effectively (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Be sure to follow up with your plan sponsor if you don't receive notice, and make sure you respond within the allotted time. (references)

Business

For major projects, it is advisable to have a local coordinator to follow up step-by-step on the bidding process. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kenya

The Commission is no longer functioning, and the Government took no action to follow up on the report. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

Procuring agencies sometimes fail to follow up in making the contracted procurement. (references)

Bulgaria

It helped to demonstrate that there are business opportunities in Bulgaria and that the U.S. Embassy and Commercial Service in Sofia are prepared to follow up and assist those companies new to Bulgaria to get established. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

The security forces demonstrated a greater willingness to follow up with instructions that those ordered arrested be removed from their duties, denied the right to wear a uniform, or turned over to civilian judicial authorities. (references)

Guinea

In 2000 the Minister of Justice introduced a prisoner tracking system that enabled him to review the cases of pretrial detainees and to follow up on cases that did not reach the courts in an appropriate amount of time; however, the system was ineffective due to a lack of information technology and training. (references)

Norway

Based on the principle that each cabinet minister is responsible for promoting human rights in his of her field, the Government established a separate committee of state secretaries to follow up on the plan of action for human rights contained in the White Paper that was debated by Parliament in 2000. The committee is responsible for ensuring that human rights issues receive political emphasis and attention. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

The Government urged the states to follow up on Daim's announcement. (references)

Travel

Slovak Rep

Business people are encouraged to follow up with correspondence to ensure contact with the intended recipients. (references)

Worker Rights

Fiji

There are only two inspectors at the Ministry of Labor, and there are no investigators to follow up on claims or reports. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

German

verfolgen (chase, follow, follow through, follow up, haunt, Hunt, keep, mind, observe, obsess, persecute, prosecute, pursue, to follow, to obsess, to pursue, to trace, to track, track, tracking, trail). (various references)

Hungarian

végigcsinál vmit (to follow out, to follow through, to go through with sg, to see sg through), nyomon követ (follow up, spoor, to come on the heels, to heel, to hound sy down, to shadow, to sleuth, to spoor, to track), kihasznál (lay hold of, parlay, take advantage of, to draw profit from, to exhaust, to exploit, to milk, to play up, to trade on, to use up, to utilize, trade on, utilise, utilize). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

畳み込む (to bear deep in mind, to fold in). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たたみ�"む (to bear deep in mind, to fold in), たどる (to follow, to pursue). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay ollowfay upay

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: followup.

-3 letters: outflow, outfool, outpoll, topfull.

-4 letters: follow, potful, toluol, topful, upflow.

-5 letters: flout, poult, woful.

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