Definition of "follow up" []

• To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication. (verb)

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• "The note he sent back with Magruder's staff officer was to the effect that, as the Federals were said to be getting off, Lee expected him to advance rapidly and follow up Armistead's success.27"
• "Last year, the U.K.'s cost regulator declined to recommend Gleevec as a follow up treatment for GIST patients following surgery who have had a gastrointestinal stromal tumor removed and are at risk of the cancer recurring, due to cost/benefit considerations."
• "Cressey made the same kinds of comments in a follow up interview in Washington, D.C., November 24, 2009."