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Noun follow up has 3 senses

follow-up, followup - a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with"
--₁ is a kind of work, piece of work

Derived forms: verb follow up₁, verb follow up₂
follow-up, followup - an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
--₂ is a kind of activity

Derived forms: verb follow up₁, verb follow up₂
follow-up, followup, reexamination, review - a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
--₃ is a kind of examination, scrutiny

Derived forms: verb follow up₁, verb follow up₂

Verb follow up has 2 senses

follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through - pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"
--₁ is one way to complete, finish

Derived forms: noun followup₁, noun followup₃, noun follow-up₃, noun followup₂, noun follow-up₂, noun follow-up₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
follow up - increase the effectiveness or success of by further action; "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation"
--₂ is one way to enhance

Derived forms: noun follow-up₃, noun followup₃, noun follow-up₂, noun followup₂, noun followup₁, noun follow-up₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something