follow up (on someone or something)
- follow up (on someone or something)
follow up (on someone or something)
to find out more about someone or something. •
Please follow up on Mr. Brown and his activities.
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Bill, Mr. Smith has a complaint. Would you please follow up on it?
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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