Follow-through

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The continuance or completion of a project. countable, uncountable

    "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. 2
    carrying some project or intention to full completion wordnet
  3. 3
    The continued action of a stroke, or of the delivery of a ball, after it has been hit or released. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion wordnet

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"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."

Etymology

Deverbal from follow through.

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