FOLLOWS THROUGH (WITH) Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

follows through (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of follow through (with)

as in fulfills

to carry through (as a process) to completion you said you would put all of the files in order, but you didn't follow through with it

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Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson agreed that whether or not Johnson fulfills his pledge to transparently outline the projection will prove critical.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
This fulfills a key demand for nearly 30 percent of consumers.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of fulfills

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In any event, Rothe is crossing her fingers that River’s January box office run performs well enough to reignite talks with Blumhouse and Universal about bringing Landon’s time-loop slasher franchise back to life.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
One day, after Pi-o performs at a hospital, a doctor approaches him to ask how Jeong-yo is doing.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of performs

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One way Lev accomplishes that in her own home is by utilizing her collections.

— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026
My amendment accomplishes this goal simply by granting an antitrust exemption so that college athletes and schools can make their own deals, without unelected judges or politicians micromanaging every detail of compensation and eligibility.

— Sen. Rand Paul OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of accomplishes

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Chuck Sargent Houston USC executes yet another belly flop against a top opponent, and Gary Patterson’s vaunted defense is giving up more than 35 points per game in the Big Ten.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Before an agent executes anything on its own, procurement and finance teams need to draw some clear lines.

— Shaz Khan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of executes

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The resulting material achieves half the profile of standard ferrite plates while handling high power densities.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
The Kyushu team achieves the same effect with a micromirror array, a panel of many tiny mirrors that sends a different image to each eye.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of achieves

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The Salem witch trials of 1692 carved out an enduring and powerful niche in American history for this little town, and this intimate, kitschy museum does an excellent job telling the story.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
Alex just keeps calm, and that’s what Pascal does, more or less, throughout the movie.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of does

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Sell Your Gold carries out that assessment as the potential buyer.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
China sends military planes, as well as Coast Guard ships and other vessels towards Taiwan on a daily basis and carries out large-scale military exercises from time to time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

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