You lead and I will ______
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verb
- To go, proceed, or come after
"followed the guide"
- To engage in as a calling or way of life pursue
"wheat-growing is generally followed here"
- To walk or proceed along
"follow a path"
- To be or act in accordance with
"follow directions"
- To accept as authority obey
"followed his conscience"
- To pursue in an effort to overtake
"Police followed the robbers attempting to escape."
- To seek to attain
"follow knowledge"
- To come into existence or take place as a result or consequence of
"disaster followed the blunder"
- To come or take place after in time, sequence, or order
"A juggling act followed the singer."
- To cause to be followed
"followed dinner with a liqueur"
- To copy after imitate
"the new building follows the facades and roof lines of the original buildings"
- To watch steadily
"followed the flight of the ball"
- To keep the mind on
"follow a speech"
- To attend closely to keep abreast of
"followed his career with interest"
- To understand the sense or logic of (something, such as a line of thought)
"I don't quite follow your thinking."
- To subscribe to the feed of (someone or something) especially on social media
"Follow us on Facebook/Twitter."
- To go or come after a person or thing in place, time, or sequence
"If one sheep goes through the gate, the rest will follow."
- To result or occur as a consequence, effect, or inference
"Just because he's done some bad things, does it follow that he is a bad person?"
noun
- The act or process of following
- Forward spin given to a ball by striking it above center compare draw, english
adjective
- Being or relating to something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or progression
verb
- To follow to the end or to a conclusion
- Carry out, execute
"followed out their orders"
noun
- A shot in billiards or pool made by striking the cue ball above its center to cause it to continue forward after striking the object ball
- A shot made immediately (as by a teammate) after recovering a missed shot
"All-America forward Aliyah Boston grabbed the rebound, but her short follow shot also was off the mark—and Stanford earned its fifth appearance in a national title game."
- A camera shot in which the camera follows the movement of the subject
noun
- The part of the stroke following the striking of a ball
- The act or an instance of following through
verb
- To continue a stroke or motion to the end of its arc
- To press on in an activity or process especially to a conclusion
noun
- The act or an instance of following up
- Something that follows up
- Maintenance of contact with or reexamination of a person (such as a patient) especially following treatment
"The surgeon scheduled a follow-up with his patient a week after the surgery."
- A news story presenting new information on a story published earlier
"A few days after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up."
adjective
- Of, relating to, or being something that follows up
"follow-up action by the police"
- Done, conducted, or administered in the course of following up persons
"follow-up care for discharged hospital patients"
verb
- To follow with something similar, related, or supplementary
"following up his convictions with action"
- To maintain contact with (a person) so as to monitor the effects of earlier activities or treatments
"All patients were followed up clinically for four months."
- To pursue in an effort to take further action
"the police are following up leads"
- To take appropriate action
"follow up on complaints"
This clue was used on July 11, 2025.
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