follow on

folgen, sich anschließen

Nach etwas anderem geschehen, oft als Fortsetzung davon.

In einfachem Englisch: To happen next, often continuing something that happened earlier.

• Another meeting will follow on next week.
• The second film follows on from the first.
• Several useful ideas followed on from that conversation.

So benutzt man es: follow on from something (This chapter follows on from our earlier discussion.)

Synonyme: follow, succeed, come next

Gegenteile: precede

Häufige Wendungen: follow on from something, follow on naturally, follow on later

direkt das zweite Innings spielen

Beim Cricket als Mannschaft direkt nach dem ersten Schlagdurchgang den zweiten spielen.

In einfachem Englisch: In cricket, to take your team's second turn at batting immediately after its first.

• The visitors had to follow on.
• Their captain asked the other team to follow on.
• Despite following on, the team saved the match.

So benutzt man es: be made to follow on (The visitors were made to follow on after scoring only 140.)

Häufige Wendungen: follow on again, forced to follow on, asked to follow on