follow out
verb
followed out; following out; follows out
1
: to follow to the end or to a conclusion
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Reynolds was shot last Friday in Denver. 9News, citing court documents, reported that Reynolds and another man were shot at in their car after they were followed out of a strip club.
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Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024
The prosecution claimed the teenager was following out orders from his father, while the defense said that Trone was only an accessory after the fact.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2024
They weren’t followed out of faith, or hope, or charity.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2022
He was followed out of the running in consecutive votes by Mr. Domenici and then Mr. Lugar.
—Carl Hulse, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The routes that our ancestors followed out of Africa have been long debated.
—Katherine Kornei, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
He had been followed out of the subway by a group of strangers jeering at him and yelling slurs.
—Jason Sarlanis, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
For Freud himself, textiles were a potent source of psychoanalytic metaphor—the strands to gather, the thread to follow out of the labyrinth.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
Advertisement Oregon and Washington are expected to be followed out the door by Arizona, which has reportedly been approved for Big 12 membership.
—J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
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Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024
The prosecution claimed the teenager was following out orders from his father, while the defense said that Trone was only an accessory after the fact.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2024
They weren’t followed out of faith, or hope, or charity.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2022
He was followed out of the running in consecutive votes by Mr. Domenici and then Mr. Lugar.
—Carl Hulse, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The routes that our ancestors followed out of Africa have been long debated.
—Katherine Kornei, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
He had been followed out of the subway by a group of strangers jeering at him and yelling slurs.
—Jason Sarlanis, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
For Freud himself, textiles were a potent source of psychoanalytic metaphor—the strands to gather, the thread to follow out of the labyrinth.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
Advertisement Oregon and Washington are expected to be followed out the door by Arizona, which has reportedly been approved for Big 12 membership.
—J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
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“Follow out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/follow%20out. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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