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Follow up

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˌfɑːloʊ ˈʌp/phrasal verbCore term

In business english, follow up means: To contact someone again about something you discussed earlier, in order to check progress, ask for an answer or add information.

In Turkish: takip etmek, dönüş yapmak, tekrar yazmak

How it is used

Very common in emails and meetings: you follow up on something and follow up with someone. The noun and adjective take a hyphen: a follow-up, a follow-up email, a follow-up meeting.

Example sentences

  1. I'm just following up on my email from last week about the invoice.

  2. I'll follow up with the legal team and get back to you tomorrow.

  3. Let's schedule a follow-up meeting for next week.

Common collocations

  • follow up on a request
  • follow up with a client
  • follow-up email
  • follow-up meeting
  • get back toTo contact someone again later, usually to give them an answer or information that you do not have yet.
  • circle backTo return to a topic or person later, usually because there is not enough time or information to deal with it now.
  • action itemA specific task agreed in a meeting, with one person responsible for it and usually a due date.
  • recapA short summary of the main points of a meeting, call or discussion, given at the end or sent afterwards. Also used as a verb.

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