follow through

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   to finish sth that you have started

   They dropped it, didn't follow through.

2. Oxford20% of films

   to complete a stroke by continuing to move the club, racket, etc. after hitting the ball

   Square your shoulders. Don't forget to follow through!

In the movies · 11

• They dropped it, didn't follow through.All the President's Men1976
• There's a lot of hard talk here and no follow-through.American History X1998
• Square your shoulders. Don't forget to follow through!Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
• We follow throughJurassic World Dominion2022
• You're not extending enough on your follow-through.The Aviator2004
• ... to follow through on our instincts, like Malkovich has...Being John Malkovich1999
• I tried to tell the police, but they wouldn't follow through on it.Zodiac2007
• I'm gonna need your assurance you're gonna follow through with it.The Place Beyond the Pines2013

Learn it in full scenes

• All the President's Men1976
  • Police Arrest the Watergate Burglars
  • Woodward Traces the White House Call
  • Who Gets the Watergate Story
• American History X1998
  • Sweeney Makes Danny a Deal
  • Derek Vinyard's TV Interview
  • The Basketball Court Bet
• Zodiac2007
  • Darlene Ferrin's Last Drive
  • The Zodiac Confession Call
  • Zodiac's Cipher Reaches the Chronicle

From the same entry

• follow in footsteps
• follow your nose
• follow suit
• a hard act to follow
• follow around
• follow on
• follow up