follow-up

Definition

  • noun: something that continues or completes a process or activity
  • noun: the act or an instance of following up
  • synonyms: re-examination, review

Examples

  • As a 'follow-up' to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story.

  • After you submit your job application, you should make a 'follow-up' phone call.

  • A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a 'follow-up'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You're coming into my hospital to conduct an interview and refusing to share information with me for the third time. Sir, I told you, this is just a routine follow-up on the Raspail case. - He is my patient. I have rights. - I understand that, sir. Look, I am not just some turnkey, Miss Starling. (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs
  • (..) You don't have to feel any way about it. Lecter did it to amuse himself. Look, I know it got ugly today, but you mentioned a name at the end: Mofet. Any follow-up on her? Lecter altered or destroyed most of his patients' histories, so there's no record of anyone named Mofet, but (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs