follow out
follow out
1. To trail closely behind someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "follow" and "out." Make sure the cat doesn't follow you out of the house.
2. To do or accomplish something. If you don't follow out every step exactly the way I showed you, then the experiment won't work.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
follow someone or something out
to go out right after someone or something. I followed her out and asked her if I could take her home. The dog followed Billy out and went to school with him.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
follow out
v.
1. To fulfill something, especially a command or request; carry something out: The colonel expected the troops to follow out every order without question.
2. To exit a location by following someone or something: The fans followed the movie star out of the studio.
See also: follow, out
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- follow (one) to the ends of the earth
- follow (someone or something) in stride
- follow back
- be (sitting) on (one's) tail
- climb on the bandwagon
- climb/jump on the bandwagon
- bandwagon
- burn (one's) bridges
- burn bridges
- burn your bridges