follow through (on something)

follow through (on something)
follow through (on something) & carry through (onsomething)
to complete a task; to see a task through to its completion. •

You must follow through on the things that you start.

Don't start the job if you can't follow through.

Ask Sally to carry through on her project.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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