Definition of "follow-through" []

• The act or an instance of following through: a book promotion campaign with no follow-through. (noun)
• Sports The concluding part of a stroke, after a ball or other object has been hit or released. (noun)

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• "We have something that's called a follow-through day, which we had, so we are in a confirmed uptrend."
• "I know lots of knots, but the single one I USE the most is the figure 8 in several variations (on a bight, follow-through, etc)."
• "Nevertheless, over a four-day period, Matthew was subjected to “a colonoscopy, a barium meal and follow-through, an MRI scan of his brain, a lumbar puncture . . . an EEG and other neurophysiological tests, and a variety of blood and urine tests.”"