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noun follow-throughs · followthrough

  1. countable, uncountable The continuance or completion of a project. Trump's follow-through on his threat of steep tariffs - which were long speculated to be a negotiation tactic to get concessions on border security - have bewildered Canadians, who have enjoyed close economic, social and security ties to the US for decades.
  2. countable, uncountable The continued action of a stroke, or of the delivery of a ball, after it has been hit or released.

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@misc{follow_through_2026,
  title = {follow-through},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/follow-through},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}