followed through (with)

verb

Definition of followed through (with)next
past tense of follow through (with)
as in fulfilled
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 followed through (with)
  1. fulfilled
  2. accomplished
  3. performed
  4. executed
  5. put through
  6. made
Verb
  • School leaders believed other records that might have fulfilled the requests contained too much private information and were excluded from public record under student privacy laws.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
  • That’s compared to only 55% of women who feel fulfilled still working a nine-to-five job for someone else.
    — Liz Elting, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of fulfilled
Verb
  • Salah’s remarkable run has already led him to achieve milestones only previously accomplished by legends.
    — Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Woods Richardson accomplished his goal, getting strikes on 20 of 33 pitches on Tuesday and finishing with three strikeouts in two innings.
    — Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of accomplished
Verb
  • Carter, 66, who played on the men’s basketball team from 1976 to 1980, said no other doctor had ever performed a rectal examination on him as part of a physical examination.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Over the past 17 years, Mandal has performed at over 2,000 corporate events, primarily in finance, tech, and healthcare.
    — Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of performed
Verb
  • Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas have executed men by lethal injection, while South Carolina has used both the firing squad and lethal injection.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Mahdi is the fifth inmate executed by South Carolina in less than eight months as the state makes its way through prisoners who ran out of appeals during a 13-year pause on executions in the state.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Definition of executed
Verb
  • He’s thrown that trend into overdrive this week, gaining more than seven strokes putting through 36 holes.
    — Justin Ray, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Photo : Singer Vehicle Design One of Singer’s reimagined Porsches gets put through its paces at Magarigawa, where the restoration house introduced its brand in Japan last year.
    — Sue Callaway, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of put through
Verb
  • But longtime close watchers of Epstein and his legal ordeal made the case in a series of posts on X that such a list may never emerge.
    — Chad de Guzman, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Not to mention, all of the pieces are made from a durable ceramic, so you’re bound to have the set for years.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of made
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