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Follow-on
noun
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Noun
- 1 Something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or progression. attributive, often
"follow-on effects"
- 2 an immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings wordnet
- 3 Baby formula (breast milk substitute) for slightly older infants.
- 4 The act of a captain forcing the other side to bat again immediately after their first innings.
Etymology
Deverbal from follow on.
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