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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for follows through (with)
  1. fulfills
  2. performs
  3. accomplishes
  4. executes
  5. achieves
  6. does
  7. carries out
  8. makes
Verb
  • With Blue in the Face, Koy fulfills a two-special Netflix deal inked in 2023.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In the town of Paradise, Montana, a historic hot springs resort quietly fulfills the promise of the town’s idyllic name.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of fulfills
Verb
  • What is particularly clever about the Blue Economy VITAL is that the same thermal infrastructure also performs other heavyweight tasks, including desalination.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Their experiments used three independent quantum routers and a two-layer network to examine how the approach performs on existing hardware.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of performs
Verb
  • If grilling, closing the grill for the final minutes accomplishes the same result.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
  • To that end, the siblings might argue that their duties to the trust include maximizing its value to the benefit of the Buss children and that selling at this time accomplishes such a goal.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplishes
Verb
  • In moderate traffic conditions, BlueCruise executes all of the above smoothly and predictably without requiring driver input.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Assume, further, that management executes well and that the efficiencies are real.
    — Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of executes
Verb
  • Vandell, as a bar, achieves the same qualities as our best ambitious, rooted restaurants.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Those systems can achieve a 50%-60% yield in the optimal particle size range, while the refractory atomizer typically achieves 10%-20% yield for high-temperature alloys, according to the press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of achieves
Verb
  • Here below, France’s own long-drink-of-water goalie Robin Risser does his best Beckham follow-on act with a stately Louis Vuitton carry-all with their trademark leather trim at the stress points.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Fazio wants a bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools; so does Lamont.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of does
Verb
  • 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
  • The superintendent heads up the California Department of Education, carries out policies set by the state Board of Education and is an ex-officio member of the state’s higher education governing boards.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Definition of carries out
Verb
  • However, some of them could just be holding roster spots until Dallas makes some other moves in the next 24 hours.
    — Jon Machota, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • And that makes a lot of sense – recognizing that biology and human-made technologies are not mutually exclusive.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of makes
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“Follows through (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/follows%20through%20%28with%29. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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