follow out


verb
  1. (tr, adverb) to implement (an idea or action) to a conclusion

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follow out

Bring to a conclusion, carry out. For example, The second volume simply followed out the theories presented in the first, or He instructed them to follow out their orders to the letter. This idiom is dying out. [Mid-1700s]

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