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follow out

British  

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

follow out Idioms  
  1. 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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I mean, when you’re doing a study of a new drug, you tend to follow out for side effects for many weeks, sometimes even months.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2020

Other companies may be reluctant to follow out of fear of inciting the kind of public relations backlash Advance faced in New Orleans, says Rick Edmonds, a media business analyst for the Poynter Institute.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2015

Meanwhile T.W.A. still plans to follow out its globe-girdling plans, hopes to start flying to Bombay in a month, to Ceylon, Calcutta and Shanghai shortly after.

From Time Magazine Archive

But concerning the allegations against Rose, No. 28 vowed, “We are going to follow out this theory.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“You see, we came up here to follow out my brother’s ideas,” said the little lady.

From The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills by Lillian Garis

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