Collocations for "follow"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "follow" in context.
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follow
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- follow your [dreams, heart]
- follow a [car, taxi, suspect, player]
- follow [the rules, the directions, these instructions, these steps, the guidelines]
- follow the [road, highway] to
- followed her home
- followed them into [town, the building, the forest]
- follow his [example, lead, advice]
- follow the [conversation, logic]
- follow the [leader, vehicle in front]
- [easy, difficult, hard] to follow
- [do, could] not follow (what he was saying)
- could not follow the [match, argument, proceedings, movie]
- (please) follow me
- please follow [up, through]
- follow up with [the project, your employee]
- follow through with the [project, work]
- follow in order
- following on from [our conversation, yesterday's meeting]
- followed by another
- [flooding, panic] followed the [storm, tidal wave]
- there followed a [brief silence, long period]
- (fail to) follow suit
- [must, have to] follow suit
'follow' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Muslim
- act
- administrative
- aforementioned
- alternatively
- appetizer
- arrow
- beacon
- beckon
- bend
- billboard
- blueprint
- bouncing
- calling
- captain
- chain
- command
- commander
- compass
- conductor
- contract
- course
- creek
- crowd
- curriculum
- dark
- deaf
- decision
- deployment
- destiny
- diet
- direction
- discipline
- easy
- emerging
- empower
- established
- exact
- example
- exit
- fate
- follow up
- follow-up
- gang
- gentleman
- guide
- guideline
- heading
- heart
- installation