How to Use follow through on/with in a Sentence

follow through on/with

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  • And then there’s the 911 call Joanne makes but doesn’t follow through on.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Trust your instincts and follow through with your plans.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
  • His passing served as the impetus for the group to follow through on their plan.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • To Michael’s immense relief, the scammer didn’t follow through on the threats.
    — Chris Moody, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But for the strategy to work, the country must be willing to follow through on that threat.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Now the question is if Santa Anita will follow through on its threat to close or sell the track.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But some had doubts about whether the city would actually follow through on the plan.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
  • State law required the town to follow through on those re-zonings by Jan. 31 of this year — nearly two months ago.
    — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Meta has shown willingness to follow through on its threat.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
  • In the end, the Trump administration did not follow through on its threats.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
  • But, Harry claims, William did not follow through on his promise.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Hochul must make her commitment to New York law clear and follow through on the climate mandate.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • The agency tried to follow through on that plan for pay phones, printing instructions for making calls on the back.
    — Curbed, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Trump lacks the patience to follow through on most of his diplomatic agendas.
    — Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Now, the company is ready to follow through on that plan and will start blocking news for Canadian users over the next few months.
    — Bykylie Robison, Fortune, 23 June 2023
  • That follow through on her offseason goals led to drastic improvement for her and the Vikings.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
  • Climate activists are holding on to hope that Mr. Petro will follow through on his promises.
    — Max Bearak Federico Rios, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Set a firm limit and follow through with a consequence, says Dr. Fulton.
    — Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 26 June 2024
  • Arguing wastes time; follow through with what makes a difference to you.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The commission did not follow through on its plan to ban the three protesters from Wednesday’s meeting.
    — Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2023
  • Yet 21 months after the attacks, Democrats have been unable to use their narrow control of Congress to follow through on those pledges.
    — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Because Daniel dreamed of traveling to the California coast, the quartet vowed to follow through on that wish.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Nearly half of employers threaten workers with job loss, and nearly a fifth follow through on the threat.
    — Mahnoor Khan, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Cate and Sam follow through on their plan, freeing the test subjects in the Woods… and giving them a mission: kill everyone who's not a supe.
    — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The 1984 World Series champion taught the youngsters how to charge the ball, position their shoulders and follow through on their throws to make a clean transfer to first base.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The two intended to follow through on social-media threats to shoot up a synagogue.
    — Mike Wagenheim, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • This might get tiresome — a heavy-handed dose of reflexive self-loathing — except the curators don’t follow through on the idea.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The first two seasons followed the crew grieving over the death of their best friend and vowing to follow through on his dream of traveling to California.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Feb. 2023
  • But getting Putin to accept different terms will require Trump to follow through on his pledge to boost military aid to Kyiv — at least in the short term.
    — Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • The lawsuit, which was filed in May, claimed that Robilant and Voena offered to pay for Brilliant’s treatment after she was diagnosed with breast cancer – but failed to follow through on the promise.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2024

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